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This 1972 painting by Ralph Hōtere was inspired by a photograph taken in 1882, which showed a comet in the sky over Mt Taranaki, with Parihaka village in the foreground.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
by Ralph Hotere
Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.