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A meeting of chiefs

A meeting of chiefs

High-ranking chiefs of the Mataatua and Te Arawa waka (canoe) confederations pose in front of the Mataatua meeting house, Bay of Plenty, where they were attending a gathering in the 1940s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: F-30888-1/2

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