Māori attending an event at Parliament Buildings, Wellington

Māori attending an event at Parliament Buildings, Wellington
Date
1979
Reference
AW-1916
Description

All scenes show Māori men and women attending an event at Parliament. The images were taken inside the Banquet Hall of the Executive Wing at the Beehive, showing men and women seated in the Hall, holding platters of food while listening to speeches (frames 1 to 5). In frame 2 the man on the left has been identified as Paraone Reweti. Other scenes show young women dancing, wearing pari (bodices) with piupiu (flax skirts), and an older woman joining them (frame 6); people singing and dancing (frames 7 & 8); and the young women in Māori costumes sitting with a row of young women behind wearing another Polynesian style of clothing (frame 10). Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra.

Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet

Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images.

Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Use/Reproduction
All requests for copies, use and reproduction, must be sent to Ans Westra's agent Suite Tirohanga at westra@suite.co.nz and 04 976 7663. Copyright: Copyright held by Ans Westra
Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs / Westra, Ans, 1936-: Photographs
Format
4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images, Negatives, Cellulose acetate roll film
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Māori attending an event at Parliament Buildings, Wellington. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs. Ref: AW-1916. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/38423298

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