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Kōrero: King Country region

Whatiwhatihoe pā: inhabitants, 1885

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Whatiwhatihoe pā: inhabitants, 1885

An old man and a young girl pose for photographer Alfred Burton at King Tāwhiao's Whatiwhatihoe in 1885. Another girl stands drinking in the doorway of the nearest raupō (bulrush) whare. Burton took a number of photographs of the and its inhabitants during his visit to the region.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Burton Brothers Collection

Reference: PAColl-4751-07

by Burton Brothers

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

Kerryn Pollock, King Country region – Te Rohe Pōtae, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34852/whatiwhatihoe-pa-inhabitants-1885 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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