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English: A group of Māori children on a morere swing, a tall pole with ropes attached from its top, flying out over a bank, watched by a group of seated adults and children. The palisades of a pa are in the right background and a low hill in the distance. According to Simpson, P. (2000). Dancing Leaves: The story of the New Zealand cabbage tree: Tī Kōuka. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. p. 160, the ropes for the morere were tī emi, ropes made by gathering together leaves or fibres of Cordyline australis (tī, cabbage tree). This part of the image cropped out, resized, tidied up. |
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| Source | Angas, George French 1822-1886: The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847. Alexander Turnbull Library URL [1] Reference No. PUBL-0014-53 |
| Author | George French, 1822-1886 Angas (Copyist); J W fl 1847 Giles (as the lithographer); Joseph Jenner, 1816?-1854 Merrett (as the artist) |
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| current | 07:15, 4 May 2010 | | 1,207 × 1,448 (2.61 MB) | Kahuroa | lightened |
| 23:08, 27 April 2010 |  | 1,207 × 1,448 (2.19 MB) | Kahuroa | closer crop, image size | |
| 12:29, 27 April 2010 |  | 478 × 669 (333 KB) | Kahuroa | {{Information |Description=A group of Māori children on a swing or moari, a tall pole with ropes attached from its top, flying out over a bank, watched by a group of seated adults and children. The palisades of a pa are in the right background and a low |
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