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Kōrero: Moriori

Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga pā

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Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga pā

This 1840 drawing shows two built by Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga during a contest for control of land at Waitangi on Rēkohu (Chatham Island). Ngāti Mutunga, whose larger is at left, eventually won.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-043-015-2

by Charles Heaphy

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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Denise Davis rāua ko Māui Solomon, Moriori – The impact of new arrivals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/1689/ngati-tama-and-ngati-mutunga-pa (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Denise Davis rāua ko Māui Solomon, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.