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Kōrero: King Country region

Whatiwhatihoe pā: landscape, 1884

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Whatiwhatihoe pā: landscape, 1884

During his exile in Te Rohe Pōtae, King Tāwhiao lived in a number of places. After his peace agreement with the government in 1881 he spent time at Whatiwhatihoe, underneath Mt Pirongia. This is the in 1884. Cultivated fields are visible in the foreground and near the waterway at left.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, E. R. Williams Collection

Reference: 1/1-025756-G

by William Williams

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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Kerryn Pollock, King Country region – Te Rohe Pōtae, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34851/whatiwhatihoe-pa-landscape-1884 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 6 December 2011, updated 1 March 2015.