Kōrero: Intermarriage

Kororāreka

Kororāreka

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. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0115-1-front
Aquatint by Joel Samuel Polack

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Angela Wanhalla, 'Intermarriage - Early intermarriage', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/30232/kororareka (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Angela Wanhalla, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011