Māori at Tūrangawaewae Marae

Māori at Tūrangawaewae Marae
Date
1980
Reference
AW-2000
Description

All images show Māori men, women and children possibly at a poukai (Kīngitanga ceremony) at Tūrangawaewae (Identified from previous images at AW-1998 showing part of the wharenui). A young man is leaning against a wall with a child sitting on his shoulders and another child on the ground at his feet (frame 1); an older woman is wearing a hei tiki partially hidden under her crochet poncho and she is carrying a very finely woven kete (frame 4); most of the rest show a women's netball team, with the women gathering together, cutting their nails, and then in frame 11 they are seen playing in a match on a large court. A man wearing a t'shirt which reads "Star Hotel. Kawakawa. Northland, N.Z." and headphones is seen in 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 at Tūrangawaewae Marae. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs. Ref: AW-2000. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/38423377

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