This 1840 drawing shows two pā built by Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga during a contest for control of land at Waitangi on Rēkohu (Chatham Island). Ngāti Mutunga, whose larger pā is at left, eventually won.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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B-043-015-2
Ink drawing by Charles Heaphy
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