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Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

Early European settlement

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Early European settlement

In 1847 Samuel Brees drew this picture of European houses on the Manawatū River, downstream from Moutoa. The buildings were for a survey party working in the district.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-109-029

by Samuel Charles Brees

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua region – Māori and European newcomers, 1820–1870, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/9477/early-european-settlement (accessed 4 June 2026).

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