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Story: Ngā Rauru Kītahi

Prisoners from Waitōtara, 1866

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Prisoners from Waitōtara, 1866

This group of Māori, photographed in 1866 on board a prison hulk in Wellington Harbour, are said to have been captured at Weraroa at Waitōtara.

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Taituha Kīngi, Ngā Rauru Kītahi – European settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1395/prisoners-from-waitotara-1866 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Taituha Kīngi, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.