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Soldiers guard Māori prisoners, 1867

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Soldiers guard Māori prisoners, 1867

Some Irish came as soldiers in the New Zealand wars and then settled. These soldiers, including some from the Royal Irish Regiment, are guarding Māori prisoners at the Rutland Stockade in Whanganui.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, William James Harding Collection (PAColl-3042)

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Jock Phillips, Irish – Migration 1850–1870, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29/soldiers-guard-maori-prisoners-1867 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.