Pipiriki Pa, on the western shore of Lake Horowhenua

Pipiriki Pa, on the western shore of Lake Horowhenua
Date
11 September 1929
Reference
PA1-q-002-126
Description

View of Pipiriki Pa, built 1871-1872 on the western shore of Lake Horowhenua by Keepa Te Rangihiwinui as part of a campaign by Muaupoko against Ngati Raukawa. Photograph taken 11 September 1929 by G L Adkin.

Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002.

Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - beneath image - Pipiriki Pa - thje stronghold erected on the western shore of Lake Horowhenua by Kepa Rangihiwinui (Major Kemp) in 1871 or '72, in an attempt by the Mua-upoko to throw off the Ngati Raukawa yoke. The former stockades, whare sites, rua, fighting tower &c, are now represented by hummocks and hollows of sand. (For description of Pipiriki pa see "Te Hekenga", p.137). 11.9.29

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 81 x 149 mm mounted on album page

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua / Adkin album 13
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Gelatin silver prints, Landscape photographs, Silver gelatin print 81 x 149 mm mounted on album page
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