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Māori fishing pā

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Māori fishing pā

This watercolour by Joseph Osbertus Hamley from about 1864, shows a fishing near Hāwera, south Taranaki. The would have been used for fishing by a group of local Māori at certain times of the year, but a different group (whānau or hapū) may well have had the rights to use the land nearby.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: E-047-q-043

by Joseph Osbertus Hamley

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

Jim McAloon, Land ownership – Māori and land ownership, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/17883/maori-fishing-pa (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jim McAloon, published 1 March 2009.