- Date
- ca Jun 1954
- Ref
- PAColl-6585-88
- Description
May Robin alongside the statue depticting Pania of the Reef, on Marine Parade, Napier, circa June 1954. Photographer unidentified.
Note on back of file print reads "Bronze statue of 'Pania of the Reef' on Marine Parade, a leading figure in Maori legend in Hawke's Bay - which was unveiled by the PM Rt Hon S G Holland. With Pania is May Robin, of Hukarere Maori Girls College, who was the model for the statue's head. The plaque inscription reads: 'An old Maori legend tells how Pania, lured by the siren voice of the sea people, swam out to meet them. When she endeavoured to return to her lover she was transformed into the reef which now lies beyond the Napier Breakwater. To perpeturate this legend the Thirty Thousand Club presented this statue to the city of Napier.' "
Published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 23 Jun 1954, page 19.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 19 x 13.6
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 14
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print, 19 x 13.6, Orientation: Vertical image
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