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Tara

Tara

Ngāi Tai are a Tainui tribe based in the Clevedon area of Auckland. An important chief was Tara (or Irirangi), depicted by George French Angas in his book, The New Zealanders illustrated (1847).

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0014-34
Lithograph by George French Angas

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Rāwiri Taonui. 'Tāmaki tribes', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
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