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Story: Volcanic Plateau places

Waihī in the 1870s

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Waihī in the 1870s

This is Waihī, an important centre for the Ngāti Tūwharetoa tribe, on the shores of Lake Taupō. Charles Barraud painted the watercolour on 6 February 1874.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-004-019

by Charles Decimus Barraud

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, Volcanic Plateau places – Tokaanu district, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/15081/waihi-in-the-1870s (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.