Nō te Māori te mana o ngā kōwaiwai kiritangata i tonoa e rātou. Te āhua nei i peitatia tēnei kōwaiwai kiritangata mō tēnei kōtiro ingoa-kore, mō tana whānau rānei. I te nuinga o te wā, ko ngā kōwaiwai kiritangata o te Māori, nā Gottfried Lindauer i peita mō te Pākehā, i uhia rā ki ngā taonga Māori me ngā kākahu Māori. Ahakoa tērā, kei te mau kākahu huatau Pākehā tēnei wahine – hei tohu i tōna wairua ake. He maha ngā kōwaiwai kiritangata i peitatia e Lindauer mō te Māori mai i ngā tau waenga o te tekau tau 1870. He ara anō ngā kōwaiwai kiritangata hei whakaatu i te tuakiri o te tangata e peitangia ana, pēnei i te whakairo me ētahi atu mahi toi.

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