Story: Canoe traditions
Photographed in 1953, Miss R. Hōhāpata (right) and Miss I. Pāwhara stand before a plaque erected in 1940 to commemorate the landing of the Mataatua canoe in Whakatāne. Miss Hōhāpata was a descendant of Toroa, the captain.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Tourist and Publicity Department Collection
Reference: 1/2-033079; F
Photograph by W. Walker
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