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Story: 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

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

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 April 2015.