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Story: Tūranga i te hapori – status in Māori society

Labourers: Native tree logging

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Labourers: Native tree logging

This Māori worker stands on a large log which is being dragged along by a bullock team. Māori went from working in native logging in the 19th century, to exotic forestry in the 20th century.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Northwood Collection (PA-Group-00027)

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Basil Keane, Tūranga i te hapori – status in Māori society – Changes in leadership, 19th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31166/labourers-native-tree-logging (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 3 May 2011.