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Reverend William Gittos speaking at tangi of Tawhiao - Photograph taken by Enos Pegler
Date: 24 September 1894
From: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916 :Maori portraits and artifacts
By: Pegler, Enos Silvanus Abijah, 1869-1938
Reference: PAColl-1893-07
Description: Reverend William Gittos (standing, right) speaking before a group of Maori and Pakeha, at tangi of Tawhiao. Photograph taken 24 September 1894 by Enos Pegler. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tawhiao the Maori King's tangi. Rev Gittos speaks. King Tawhiao died 26 August 1894 at Parawera. He was buried at Taupiri after a tangi in September. On 24 September the tangi was open to pakeha visitors. The photograph was taken that day with a "Facile" camera. Sources of information: DNZB, vol 2; Sharland's New Zealand Photographer, 8 Oct 1894; William Main, Auckland through a Victorian lens (Wellington: Millwood, 1977). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 14.4 x 19.3 cm