Much of the King Country region was covered with forest prior to European settlement. Māori referred to it as Te Nehe-nehe-nui, the great forest. This is the junction of the Whanganui and Ongaruhe rivers, photographed by Alfred Burton in 1885.
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference:
O.030235
Photograph by Burton Brothers
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