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Dog tax rebellion

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Dog tax rebellion

Eight police stand guard in the background of this scene at Hokianga in May 1898. In the foreground are five members of the Ngāpuhi resistance who opposed the Hokianga County Council’s imposition of a dog tax of 2s 6d. Standing at centre wearing a hat is the leader of the rebellion, Hōne Tōia.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, F. Barrett Collection

Reference: 1/2-018754; F

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

Paul Goldsmith, Taxes – Liberal Party taxes – 1890 to 1912, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/21533/dog-tax-rebellion (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Goldsmith, i tāngia i te 27 October 2009, updated 2 September 2016.