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Men and children at Pūtiki pā

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Men and children at Pūtiki pā

Māori men, girls and boys gather in front of a traditionally-carved pātaka (storehouse) at Pūtiki , in the 1910s or 1920s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Tesla Studios Collection (PAColl-3046)

Reference: 1/1-017316;G

by Frank J. Denton

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui places – In and around Whanganui, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18944/men-and-children-at-putiki-pa (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 3 March 2009, updated 15 June 2015.