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Kōrero: Chatham Islands

Moriori farm workers at Ōwenga

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Moriori farm workers at Ōwenga

Ōwenga, in the south-east of Chatham Island, was a centre of the remnant Moriori population. These farm workers on a sheep run owned by Thomas Ritchie were photographed in 1873.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Canterbury Museum, A. C. Barker Collection

Reference: 1957.13.47

by S. D. Barker

Permission of Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Rhys Richards, Chatham Islands – From the 1860s to the 1980s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37796/moriori-farm-workers-at-owenga (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rhys Richards, i tāngia i te 28 November 2012, updated 1 May 2015.