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Kōrero: Taranaki tribe

‘Comet over Mt Taranaki and Parihaka’

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‘Comet over Mt Egmont’

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Miringa Hōhaia, Taranaki tribe – Taranaki tribe today, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/1880/comet-over-mt-taranaki-and-parihaka (accessed 10 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Miringa Hōhaia, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.