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Kōrero: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

Early European settlement

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Early European settlement

In 1847 Samuel Brees drew this picture of European houses on the Manawatū River, downstream from Moutoa. The buildings were for a survey party working in the district.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-109-029

by Samuel Charles Brees

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

Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua region – Māori and European newcomers, 1820–1870, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/9477/early-european-settlement (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 April 2015.