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Kōrero: Hauraki–Coromandel region

Traders and Māori at Coromandel Harbour, around 1848

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Traders and Māori at Coromandel Harbour, around 1848

In this watercolour Māori and Pākehā talk onshore. The barrels and the shed are evidence of commerce, and in the harbour a schooner is at anchor.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-143-014

by Joseph Jenner Merrett

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel region – Māori society, 1840 to 1920, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/30447/traders-and-maori-at-coromandel-harbour-around-1848 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Monin, i tāngia i te 13 December 2010, updated 1 April 2016.