Story: Tūranga i te hapori – status in Māori society

Labourers: farm labour

This group of Māori watch a woman ploughing a field. Farming and farm labouring were areas where Māori could find work.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Auckland Star Collection (PA-Group-00610)

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Basil Keane, Tūranga i te hapori – status in Māori society – Changes in leadership, 19th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31168/labourers-farm-labour (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 3 May 2011.