IMAGE
The waka Ngatokimatawhaorua at sea off Waitangi - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley
- Date
- 22 January 1974
- By
- Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016
- Reference
- EP/1974/0309-F
- Description
The waka Ngatokimatawhaorua at sea off Waitangi. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley on the 22nd of January 1974.
This 100ft Maori waka was built in Kerikeri during the 1930s, under the direction of Pita Heperi and Piri Poutapu. After the 1940 Waitangi Day events it was gifted to the nation and is housed in the canoe house at Waitangi.
This large waka was being trialled in preparation for New Zealand Day celebrations on the 6th of February 1974. It weighs 20 tons, and is made from a giant kauri trunk. It was constructed especially for the Centenary celebrations in 1940. It is capable of carrying 100 people, 80 of whom are rowers.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images.
Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images, Negatives, Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
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UnknownThe waka Ngatokimatawhaorua at sea off Waitangi - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley
Date: 22 January 1974
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1974/0309/3A-F
Description: The waka Ngatokimatawhaorua at sea off Waitangi. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley on the 22nd of January 1974. This large waka was being trialled in preparation for New Zealand Day celebrations on the 6th of February 1974. It weighs 20 tons, and is made from a giant kauri trunk. It was constructed especially for the Centenary celebrations in 1940. It is capable of carrying 100 people, 80 of whom are rowers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) Single image on 35mm negative strip.