Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878 :View from Mount Puke Kawa of the embuchure and meanderings of the River Thames, to Mt Aroha (or Mt of Love), with Te Karapoti Pahus kainga in the foreground. Parawai on the Kawaeranga River. 1869.

Shows an extensive view with a small river in the foreground, settled farmland beyond, a ridge of low hills, and further away the extensive plain of the Waihou River, formerly called the Thames, and distant mountains. There are tree ferns, ferns and flax in the lower right and left corners, canoes on the river, and farmhouses with fields of planted rows. The kainga of the title may be the cluster of houses at the far right.

The Thames River, named by Captain Cook, is now known by its original Maori name as the Waihou River. The "Kawaeranga" River is the Kauaeranga. Mt Pukekawa does not appear to be a name used in the area depicted any longer - the closest Pukekawa is some 50 kilometres to the west on the far side of the Waikato River.

Other Titles - Pukekawa, embouchure, Kauaerangi River, Waihou River

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour, 280 x 455 mm, stuck to backing sheet with title, 315 x 465 mm.