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Kōrero: Moriori

Carved planks

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Carved planks

These planks are from the front of a Moriori house that is thought to have been standing at Ōwenga in the 1840s. They are the only surviving examples of Moriori construction.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: I.006386

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Denise Davis rāua ko Māui Solomon, Moriori – Moriori life, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1614/carved-planks (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Denise Davis rāua ko Māui Solomon, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.