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Hutt Valley History 3; Early History 003; Māori village, Belmont area
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DescriptionOne of a set of 64 images from what must have been a mid-1950s film-strip presentation by Lower Hutt City Council on over 110 years of progress.
Relationships with the local Māori were friendly. Part of the Deed of Sale drawn up by E. Jerningham Wakefield, guaranteed the Maoris every tenth hundred acre block and every tenth town section. This Māori Village (1842) is near where Belmont stands today.
Relationships with the local Māori were friendly. Part of the Deed of Sale drawn up by E. Jerningham Wakefield, guaranteed the Maoris every tenth hundred acre block and every tenth town section. This Māori Village (1842) is near where Belmont stands today.
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Hutt Valley History 3; Early History 003; Māori village, Belmont area. Upper Hutt City Library, accessed 04/04/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/17232