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Opening of the meeting house at Papawai pā, 1897

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Opening of the meeting house at Papawai pā, 1897

In 1897, Premier Richard Seddon (far left of front row) was among a large group of guests at the opening of a new Ngāti Kahungunu meeting house at Papawai, near Greytown.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, R. Keedwell Collection (PAColl-1892)

Reference: F-170058-1/2

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Mere Whaanga, Ngāti Kahungunu – European contact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/622/opening-of-the-meeting-house-at-papawai-pa-1897 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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