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    • Textile conservator Rangi Te Kanawa with a damaged korowai.
    Rights: Photo by Adrian Heke, Crown copyright 2014. Published 17 December 2015 Size: 930 KB Referencing Hub media

    Textile conservator Rangi Te Kanawa (Ngāti Maniapoto) with a damaged korowai from Te Papa Tongarewa collection.

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