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Story: Taupori Māori – Māori population change

Work gang

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Work gang

A group of Māori workers, possibly a shearing gang, pose on an East Coast farm in the early 20th century. From the 1880s agricultural work, including shearing, became an important source of income for Māori communities.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Frederick Ashby Hargreaves Collection (PAColl-3047)

Reference: 1/2-018017-F

by Frederick Ashby Hargreaves

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Ian Pool rāua ko Tahu Kukutai, Taupori Māori – Māori population change – Population recuperation, 1900–1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31323/work-gang (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ian Pool rāua ko Tahu Kukutai, published 10 May 2011.