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Kōrero: South Pacific peoples

Mission Bay, Auckland, 1890

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Mission Bay, Auckland, 1890

This photograph shows the distinctive shape of Norfolk Island pines in the Melanesian Mission’s grounds. Bishop Selwyn’s ships often called in at Norfolk Island on the journey from Melanesia and probably brought seeds or young trees on one of the return journeys.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Reference: 4-2880a

by James D. Richardson

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, South Pacific peoples – Early migration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1274/mission-bay-auckland-1890 (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.