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Story: Hōiho – horses and iwi

Mounted escort with Lord Plunket

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Mounted escort with Lord Plunket

Lord and Lady Plunket are surrounded by Ngāi Tahu tribal members on horses, during their 1905 visit to Kaiapoi. The party was heading to Tuahiwi .

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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/photograph/17997/mounted-escort-with-lord-plunket (accessed 4 June 2026).

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