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Kōrero: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

Māori settlement

The archaeologist Leslie Adkin (1888–1964) made many expeditions in Horowhenua. His 1932 sketch map of the northern end of Horowhenua lake shows the sites of and canoe landings, and other centres of activity.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA1-f-009-33

by George Leslie Adkin

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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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua region – Early Māori history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/9474/maori-settlement (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 April 2015.