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Hansen family at Motu

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Hansen family at Motu

The Hansens were the earliest European settlers in the Motu district. Mrs Hansen is pictured about 1890, with two of her daughters and another child.

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Tairawhiti Museum, Te Whare Taonga O Te Tairawhiti, William F. Crawford Collection

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Monty Soutar, East Coast places – Waikohu, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33557/hansen-family-at-motu (accessed 4 June 2026).

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