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Omarunui on the Tutaekuri

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Date

1866

Artist

Thomas Samuel Kemp (1842-1875)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22688516

Description

An extensive view from above an island in the Tutaekuri River with several small groups of Maori standing in twos and threes by tall niu poles. Beyond them on the river's far bank is a pa, a plain and hills in the background

A wood engraving of this view was published in the Illustrated London news, January 1867, p. 29. The image is associated with the Hauhau movement

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Ōmarunui War Memorial, Puketapu, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

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Tags

Rivers
Mountains
Plains

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

TWW Comment

This memorial stands on the site of Ōmarunui. (https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/omarunui)

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