Last month these images were published on the back page of Te Pānui Rūnaka requesting information or names about their location and people in the photographs.

The images are part of the Ngāi Tahu Collection at Macmillan Brown Library, and the information attached to the images told us that the photographs were taken at a hui held at Te Maungungu Marae, Hutt Valley in 1979 which was convened by the Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board to set up the Māwhera Incorporation.
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Last month Te Pānui Rūnaka published this image on the back page and requested names or information be provided about the photograph. Ex-Te Waipounamu Māori Girls College girls (who are actually in the photograph), made contact with us to provide names and information surrounding the day the photograph was taken. We did receive some differing information for a couple of the girls who are in the photograph, so we will record all the names that we have been given, within this article. We would like to acknowledge and thank Lynda Turia (née Horn), Ngaire Jantzen (née Smith), Mary Harvey (née Williamson) and David Pumphrey for making contact and for providing names and information.

The majority of the callers who made contact with us advised that this photograph was taken on 22 October, 1966 (Labour Weekend), just after the Te Waipounamu Māori Girls College group had come off stage after performing at the South Island Māori Cultural Competitions. [Read more…]

Last month Te Pānui Rūnaka published this image on the back page and requested names or information be provided about the photograph. Whānau members and friends made contact with us straight away which was wonderful.

We would like to acknowledge and thank Lisa Tumahai and her dad, Tahana Daniel Tauwhare, Patty-Anne Oberst, Rauhina Hutana-McDowell, Peter Blythe and Te Whe Phillips for providing names and information.

The photo was taken in 1959 at Lake Kaniere on the West Coast. The young men are, from left to right, James Mason Russell, Tahana Daniel Tauwhare (at the back), Mani Kihi, Tom Tainui and Gus Hutana. The car is a Mk 1 Zephyr, which belonged to Tahana Daniel Tauwhare. [Read more…]