Story: Whanganui region
Pūtiki pā was slightly downstream and across the river from the Whanganui settlement. Its people had close economic links with the town, and a protective attitude to it. In this romanticised image, artist John Gilfillan captures the economic activity and human interaction of daily life in the pā.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: C-029-001
Chromolithograph by John Gilfillan
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.
