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History mural

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History mural

The entrance to the Petone Settlers’ Museum features a mural showing the history of New Zealand since colonisation. These panels depict the development of farming (left) and troops and nurses leaving for the First World War (right).

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Chris Maclean, Wellington region – European arrival, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13232/history-mural (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Chris Maclean, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.