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Wīrope Hōtereni Taipari’s house

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Wīrope Hōtereni Taipari’s house

Wīrope Hōtereni Taipari was the son of Hauāuru Taipari, an important 19th-century leader of Ngāti Maru. This photograph of his house and garden at Shortland, Thames, was taken in 1868.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, D. M. Beere Collection

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Marutūahu tribes – Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Pāoa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4021/wirope-hotereni-taiparis-house (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.