When Kaipara Māori demanded rent for the use of a shellfish bed in 1855, settlers resisted in the belief that the seabed was public land. In this watercolour of the Kaipara Harbour (in Northland) by William Fox, painted nine years later, Ngāti Whātua are clearly using the harbour for their own activities.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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WC-007-1
Watercolour by William Fox
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