Story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation
Historian Harry Evison looks at a deed of sale recording a purchase of land from Ngāi Tahu chiefs. In early land sales, rangatira drew their moko (facial tattoo) on the document as signatures.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1993/4173/12
Photograph by Phil Reid
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.