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Haurongo: Polack, Joel Samuel

Three Māori bargaining with a Pākehā, c.1845

Three Māori bargaining with a Pākehā, c.1845

Joel Samuel Polack is thought to be the Pākehā man on the right in this sketch, made by John WIlliams in about 1845, which depicts Māori bartering pigs and potatoes at Kororāreka (Russell).

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-079-017

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jocelyn Chisholm. 'Polack, Joel Samuel', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou March 2006. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3024/three-maori-bargaining-with-a-pakeha-c1845 (accessed 4 June 2026).