This watercolour by Gustavus von Tempsky shows Māori involved in Major-General Trevor Chute's march around Mt Taranaki in January 1866. The purpose of the march was to destroy kāinga and traditional pā to forestall possible future resistance in the area. It achieved this goal, but the column nearly came to grief as it struggled through the dense forest on the inland side of the maunga.
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1992-0035-1186
Watercolour by Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky
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