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Story: Māori housing – te noho whare

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Wharepuni to European house

  3. Whare and health

  4. Urbanisation

  5. New housing schemes

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Wharepuni to European house

Thatched huts, 1839

Thatched huts, 1839 (1st of 3)

Pā in Queen Charlotte Sound, 1780s

Pā in Queen Charlotte Sound, 1780s (2nd of 3)

Kaiwhaiki kāinga, 1860s

Kaiwhaiki kāinga, 1860s (3rd of 3)

Carved pare

Carved pare

Mākōtukutuku wharepuni

Mākōtukutuku wharepuni

Rāwiri Taiwhanga's house

Rāwiri Taiwhanga's house

Family outside their whare

Family outside their whare

From page 2 - Whare and health

Kāwhia pā, 1910

Kāwhia pā, 1910

Māui Pōmare

Māui Pōmare (1st of 2)

Māori health publication, Etahi mate rere, 1902

Māori health publication, Etahi mate rere, 1902 (2nd of 2)

House built for a Māori farmer

House built for a Māori farmer

Māori house plan

Māori house plan

Controlling tuberculosis

Controlling tuberculosis

From page 3 - Urbanisation

Māori living in the city, 1930s

Māori living in the city, 1930s

Māori hostels

Māori hostels

Māori Affairs state house

Māori Affairs state house

Housing tenure, 1926–86

Housing tenure, 1926–86 (1st of 3)

Māori housing tenure, 2006

Māori housing tenure, 2006 (2nd of 3)

Rural and urban Māori housing tenure, 1926–81

Rural and urban Māori housing tenure, 1926–81 (3rd of 3)

Overcrowding

Overcrowding

From page 4 - New housing schemes

Ngā Pōtiki kaumātua housing

Ngā Pōtiki kaumātua housing

Protesting against the sale of state houses

Protesting against the sale of state houses

Whānau Ora housing

Whānau Ora housing

How to cite this page:

Ben Schrader, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/maori-housing-te-noho-whare/media (accessed 17 January 2021)

Story by Ben Schrader, published 5 Sep 2013

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