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Story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city

Ōtākou pā

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Ōtākou pā

Māori unload mangā (barracouta) at Ōtākou near Dunedin in the 1860s. Ngāi Tahu had hoped that the development of Dunedin would increase their opportunities for trade, but this did not eventuate.

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Reference: The illustrated New Zealander, 1867

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Aroha Harris, Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city – Cities and Māori land, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/24841/otakou-pa (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Aroha Harris, published 24 January 2011, updated 1 September 2024.