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Photographic prints, chiefly images of meeting house Miringa Te Kakara taken by Axel Po...
Date: 1969
From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection
By: Poignant, Harald Emil Axel, 1906-1986; Poignant, Roslyn Betty, 1927-
Reference: PAColl-9928-31
Description: Contains b&w photographic prints taken in 1969, chiefly images of the meeting house Miringa Te Kakara near Tiroa and Bennydale taken by Axel Poignant. Shows interior and exterior views, including the nearby dining hall. Also five further images taken by Poignant: two of painted panels inside Rongopai meeting house (Iwi: Te Aitanga a Mahaki) at Waituhi (also known as Oruaiwi), Gisborne region and three of Maori. Two of these show an older Maori man (Fred Teka) and a Maori boy (Vernon Tipou), demonstrating a haka on the verandah Te Whai a Te Motu meeting house at Mataatua. The other shows Paetawa Miki at Maungapohatu. Also two taken by Poignant's wife Roslyn featuring the plaque at the base of the flagstaff at Kie Kie Marae (Ngati Porou) Mangatuna, East Coast. In 1969 Roslyn and Axel Poignant travelled through the Pacific and worked with indigenous communities in Tahiti and Papua New Guinea. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints