Skip to main content

Kōrero: Camping

Settler's tent, 1841

Image
Settler's tent, 1841

This comfortable-looking V-shaped tent, which was probably pitched on the Auckland waterfront, was home to a family of settlers in 1841. In this early colonial period tents were widely used, not for recreation but by residents who could find no better accommodation.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

Reference: 1937/12/2

by Robert Porter

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Camping – Early New Zealand campers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/39180/settlers-tent-1841 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012.