Kororareka painting

Kororareka as painted by Augustus Earle; the colour print was published in 1838.

A European man, probably Earle himself, is led down a steep path by a Maori with a mere on his wrist and a taiaha over his shoulder who gestures towards the beachside settlement of Kororareka (Russell). A second Maori is behind Earle, carrying his baggage with a gourd balanced atop the load. There is a ship in the bay, two canoes being rowed into shore, other canoes pulled up on the beach and European houses on the flat land at the water's edge. Several whare, a storage platform and felled tree trunks can be seen to the right on the hill.