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Elsdon Best and Paitini Tāpeka

Elsdon Best and Paitini Tāpeka

This photograph shows historian Elsdon Best (left), known to Māori as Te Pēhi, and Paitini Wī Tāpeka of Ngāi Tūhoe, one of Best’s main informants on Tūhoe history.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-004998-G

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Rangi McGarvey. 'Ngāi Tūhoe', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ngai-tuhoe/4/1