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From the MTG: 'Chunk of wood' has a lot to say about New Zealand land wars


From the MTG: Chunk of wood has a lot to say about New Zealand land wars
26 Feb, 2021 05:59 PM
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Piece of Hōne Heke s Flagpole. Photo / Collection of Hawke s Bay Museum s Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi.
Hawkes Bay Today
By Te Hira Henderson
In the MTG collection is a small chunk of wood, which was on show in the recent On Art and Activism exhibition.
This piece of wood is part of a flagpole first cut down in July 1844, again in January 1845 (twice) and for the fourth time on March 11 of the same year. The final felling of this particular flagpole signalled a tipping point in the northern land-grab wars and the start of the New Zealand land-grab wars. ....

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