Story: Whānau – Māori and family

Intermarriage

This South Island family is an example of an intermarried Māori-Pākehā family.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Natusch Collection

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How to cite this page

Tai Walker, Whānau – Māori and family – Factors dividing whānau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30156/intermarriage (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Tai Walker, published 3 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.

Comments

Brad Haami
14 May 2015

This is the Haberfield family of Greenhills, Southland.