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Moriori farm workers at Ōwenga

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Moriori farm workers at Ōwenga

Ōwenga, in the south-east of Chatham Island, was a centre of the remnant Moriori population. These farm workers on a sheep run owned by Thomas Ritchie were photographed in 1873.

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Canterbury Museum, A. C. Barker Collection

Reference: 1957.13.47

by S. D. Barker

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Rhys Richards, Chatham Islands – From the 1860s to the 1980s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/37796/moriori-farm-workers-at-owenga (accessed 6 June 2026).

Story by Rhys Richards, published 28 November 2012, updated 1 May 2015.