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Settlement with kurī

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Settlement with kurī

George French Angas’s picture of a Māori settlement on the Waikato River bank shows a kurī (Polynesian dog) and pup. The kurī was brought to New Zealand by the first Polynesian settlers, and became a valued source of meat and pelts.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0029-033

by George French Angas

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Manuka Henare, Te mahi kai – food production economics – Types of food production, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/20259/settlement-with-kuri (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Manuka Henare, published 1 March 2009.