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Repudiation party, including Henry Robert Russell (on seat, centre) and Henare Matua, probably in Napier, February 1876.
Matua was a key figure in the Repudiation movement, based in Hawke's Bay. The movement grew out of a widespread Maori dissatisfaction with land transactions.
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