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This group at Pokeno, photographed between 1861 and 1863, are thought to be objecting to a survey to establish the line of the Great South Road from Auckland into Waikato, which was seen by Māori as a threat to their sovereignty. Blocking the path of the surveyors was one tactic; others included the removal of survey pegs and surveyors’ tools.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Urquhart Album (PA1-q-250)
Reference: PA1-q-250-27-2
by William Temple
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