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The waka Ngatokimatawhaorua at sea off Waitangi - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley
- Date
- 22 January 1974
- 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.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at Ethnology-Maori-Canoes (Cabinet no 7, drawer 4).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / The waka Ngatokimatawhaorua at sea off Waitangi - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s) Single image on 35mm negative strip, Negatives
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The waka Ngatokimatawhaorua at sea off Waitangi - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley. Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers. Ref: EP/1974/0309/3A-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23186420More information can be found in our terms of use.