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Te Puea Hērangi and Māori housing

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Te Puea Hērangi and Māori housing

The Waikato leader Te Puea Hērangi (centre) was one of only a handful of Māori who were widely known among non-Māori before the Second World War. She is shown here outside a trial form of Māori housing made of both traditional and non-traditional materials.

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Mark Derby, Māori–Pākehā relations – Māori urban migration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28577/te-puea-herangi-and-maori-housing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 22 March 2011.