Homewood open day, Karori

Homewood open day, Karori
Date
1980
Reference
AW-1962
Description

All images taken on an open day in the grounds of Homewood, the residence of the British high commissioner in 1980. A group of women and children (members of Ngāti Poneke Māori Club?) in costumes are performing an action song on the lawn (frames 1 to 6). They are wearing piupiu (flax skirts), pari (bodices) and tipare (head bands), and have poi attached to their waists. Several older women in street clothes have joined in with the singing and dancing. The British High Commissioner and his wife (Sir Harold Smedley and Lady Beryl Smedley) are seen in frame 7, with Lady Beryl Smedley seen talking to a Māori woman in frames 8 to 12. 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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Homewood open day, Karori. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs. Ref: AW-1962. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/38423339

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