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Story: Hōiho – horses and iwi

Going to market

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Going to market

In this 1861 painting by John Harland, a Māori group is going to the market, some on horses. While horses were rare and expensive at first, through breeding they became common in tribal communities.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-159-036

by John Sawdon Harland

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Basil Keane, Hōiho – horses and iwi – Introduction of horses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/17806/going-to-market (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.