Skip to main content

Story: Hōiho – horses and iwi

Horses in daily life

Image
Horses in daily life

This illustration by Charles Barraud, probably made in the 1870s, shows a man leading his horse while carrying a taiaha and wearing a traditional cloak and a bowler hat .

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-080-031-2

by Charles Decimus Barraud

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.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page

Basil Keane, Hōiho – horses and iwi – Introduction of horses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/17809/horses-in-daily-life (accessed 3 June 2026).

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