IMAGE
Carved wooden influenza epidemic memorial, Te Koura Marae
- Date
- [ca 1922]
- Reference
- PA1-q-102-163-2
- Description
Photograph taken circa 1922 by Albert Percy Godber. Shows a wooden carved memorial at Te Koura Marae, erected in memory of those of died in the 1918 influenza epidemic.
Image was previously incorrectly described as being a memorial to Māori soldiers at Waimiha, this information relates to a different photograph. In 2023, was identified as a memorial to Māori victims of the influenza epidemic.
Sources:
Ian Pool, 'Death rates and life expectancy - Māori epidemiological transition', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/26595/monument-to-flu-victims (accessed 26 July 2023).
'Māori and the flu, 1918–19', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/influenza-pandemic-1918/maori-and-the-flu, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 1-Jul-2020.
Title supplied by Library. Photograph dated from other images in album.
Inscriptions: Album page - Carved cenotaph at Te Koura Pa, in memory of influenza epidemic.
The memorial was designed and carved by Tene Waitere of Ngāti Tarāwhai. He also did a similar cenotaph at Te Ihingarangi Marae, Waimiha.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 11.1 cm
Processing information: Location of carving updated from Waimiha to Te Koura Marae following information provided by C&S Publications, Taumarunui.
Description updated 26 July 2023 following information from a researcher.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives / Godber album 10
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 11.1 cm
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Carved wooden influenza epidemic memorial, Te Koura Marae. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: PA1-q-102-163-2. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23221761More information can be found in our terms of use.