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Story: Ngāti Kahungunu

Papawai pā, Greytown

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Papawai pā, Greytown

This photograph from the 1920s shows Papawai in its prime. The memorial to Tamahau Mahupuku is at far right.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Sydney Charles Smith Collection (PA-Group-00242)

Reference: G-48471-1/2

by Sydney Charles Smith

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Mere Whaanga, Ngāti Kahungunu – European contact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/623/papawai-pa-greytown (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mere Whaanga, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.