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Pūtiki pā, about 1850

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Pūtiki pā, about 1850

Pūtiki was slightly downstream and across the river from the Whanganui settlement. Its people had close economic links with the town, and a protective attitude towards it. In this romanticised image, artist John Gilfillan captures the economic exchanges and human interaction of daily life in the .

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-029-001

by John Gilfillan

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui region – Māori tradition, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/19019/putiki-pa-about-1850 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2015.