Story: Moriori

Carved planks

These planks are from the front of a Moriori house that is thought to have been standing at Ōwenga in the 1840s. They are the only surviving examples of Moriori construction.

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How to cite this page

Denise Davis and Māui Solomon, Moriori – Moriori life, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1614/carved-planks (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Denise Davis and Māui Solomon, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.