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Story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing

Auckland in the 1850s

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Auckland in the 1850s

This drawing by Patrick Hogan shows Auckland (from Smale’s Point) in the 1850s. The growth of coastal settlements had a negative effect on the ability of tribes to fish in their traditional fisheries.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-010-015

by Patrick Joseph Hogan

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Paul Meredith, Te hī ika – Māori fishing – European contact and impact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6817/auckland-in-the-1850s (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Meredith, published 2 March 2009.