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Story: Moriori

Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga pā

Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga pā

This 1840 drawing shows two built by Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga during a contest to gain control of land at Waitangi on Rēkohu (Chatham Island). Ngāti Mutunga, whose larger pā is on the left, eventually won.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-043-015-2
Ink drawing by Charles Heaphy

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page:

Denise Davis and Māui Solomon. 'Moriori', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/moriori/4/2