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Biography: Adamson, Thomas

Thomas Adamson (left) and Hori Mutumutu, about 1870s

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Thomas Adamson (left) and Hori Mutumutu, about 1870s

Thomas Adamson adopted a Māori way of life during the late 1860s when he often worked with the Wanganui Native Contingent.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

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W. T. Parham. 'Adamson, Thomas', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3254/thomas-adamson-left-and-hori-mutumutu-about-1870s (accessed 1 July 2026).