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Whanganui Māori and the Moutoa flag

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Whanganui Māori and the Moutoa flag

Whanganui women settlers made a 2.5-metre-long white silk flag to present to local Māori at the unveiling of the memorial to the defenders at Moutoa Island. This photograph was probably taken some time after 1897.

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui region – A troubled decade – the 1860s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19030/whanganui-maori-and-the-moutoa-flag (accessed 4 June 2026).

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