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Traders: George Read

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Traders: George Read

George Read played a prominent part in the early European history of Poverty Bay. He was the principal trader at Tūranganui (Gisborne) from the mid-1850s and bought or leased extensive areas of land throughout the district.

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Monty Soutar, East Coast region – European impact on Māori, 1769 to 1869, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33358/traders-george-read (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Monty Soutar, published 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.