ABC Rewind

The medal that spoke

loading...

February 23, 2024 6:00pm

28m

In 1806,  Maori chief Te Pahi  was gifted a silver medal by Sydney Governor Philip Gidley King. He had come from Aotearoa to establish trade.

But  the medal then disappeared.

Two centuries later, Te Pahi's medal resurfaced – in a Sydney auction house