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Story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city

Māori canoes in Auckland Harbour, 1853

Māori ferry goods to market by canoe. Māori often supplied goods and produce to the earliest towns and cities.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: A-004-005
Lithograph by Patrick Joseph Hogan

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

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Aroha Harris. 'Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 25-Jan-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/nga-taone-nui-maori-and-the-city/2/1