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The Neck, a peninsula marking an outer limit to Paterson Inlet/Whaka ā Te Wera, was home to a mixed Māori and Pākehā population through the 19th century. This 1860s photograph shows a family group, likely outside their own thatched-roofed house.
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Reference: E-296-q-158-1
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