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Story: Hōiho – horses and iwi

Horses in Te Wānanga

This page from the Māori-language newspaper Te Wānanga on 7 December 1878 mentions horses several times – including an article about races at Pakipaki, an advertisement for servicing of mares by a stallion named Terenga, and notices about a horse found in the Horohoro area and three horses lost near Foxton.

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Reference: Te Wananga, 14 December, 1948, p. 632

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Basil Keane, Hōiho – horses and iwi – Horses in Māori culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/17814/horses-in-te-wananga (accessed 26 June 2026).

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