Lake Taupō
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Lake Taupō
Ngāti Tūwharetoa groups originally came from Kawerau, but established their authority over the Taupō area when they defeated Ngāti Hotu who had been living there. This painting by John Philemon Backhouse shows Lake Taupō, looking south towards Tongariro and Ngāuruhoe, in the 1880s.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: G-452-1-1
Oil painting by John Philemon Backhouse
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.
