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Kororāreka (later Russell) in the Bay of Islands, shown here around 1836, became a centre for European traders, whalers and missionaries. The town was notorious for prostitution, but some of the connections between European men and Māori women resembled temporary or lasting forms of marriage.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: PUBL-0115-1-front
by Joel Samuel Polack
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