[ca. 1845]
Description
Shows the Maraenuku Pā [Makaenuku] in the Hutt Valley. Five British soldiers stand in the right foreground, watching Maori with bundles leaving the pa and walking towards a canoe near the water at the left. The palisades around the pa have carved upright posts.
The pa was located on the east bank of the Hutt River, close to the present Melling Bridge. Brees mentions that Makaenuku Pa was built by Porirua Maori after 1840.
Date is likely to be 1845, since the soldiers shown did not occupy the Hutt Valley until 1845.
The original watercolour used as a basis for the published steel engraving in Brees' "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand", (1847), Plate 18.
Other Titles - Makahinuku
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Alexander Turnbull Library
Location
Melling Electrical Sub-Station, Connolly Street, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Country
New Zealand
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
TWW Comment
Maraenuku pā was in the vicinity of the electricity substation on Connolly Street, Lower Hutt. (https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/maraenuku-p%C4%81)
