[Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant], 1820-1895 :[Waipara panorama] Tarekakaututu. Te Aparaki. Te Puahikatutu. Hills at Waipara. Wood on the Kawari near Kaiapoi. Sandhills. Waite ...Te Pakiaka. Te Awapukio. Te Wera. Peninsula. Te Rakiwakaputa. Te Koau. Wood. Ruataniwa.

A panoramic view of the plains north of Christchurch (with a small section missing). From left to right is a large stand of native bush (possibly Papanui Bush), 'Hills at Waipara' in the distance, 'Wood ... near Kaiapoi' also at some distance, sandhills, a Maori kainga with a rough palisade and two raupo whares titled Waiti... (word cropped), three further small stands of bush, the hills of Banks Peninsula, a further small stand of bush and the foothills of the Southern Alps. In the section showing the hills of Bank's Peninsula, a European man is standing, holding a flag or something similar on a tall pole.

Despite the title assigned to this panorama, Waipara is in the distance and the view is more likely to be taken from south of the Waimakariri River

Inscriptions: Recto - Features given their Maori names across the bottom of each page with some names in English also included

Quantity: 4 drawing(s).

Physical Description: Ink & wash on 4 sheets, 104 x 693 mm + 342 mm + 342 mm + 343 mm, total 1720 mm