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Title

Digging the first sod for the Main Trunk Railway, at the southern bank of the Puniu River

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Maori and Pakeha group at the digging of the first sod for the Main Trunk Railway. They stand at the confiscation line at the southern bank of the Puniu River, 15 April 1885. Wahanui Huatare has grey hair and stands in front of the pole in the centre. Rewi Manga Maniapoto stands immediately to his left with a top hat and white beard. Photograph taken by Daniel Manders Beere. More information about this occasion is at the Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1885, D-6

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Date created

15 April 1885

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22913096

Locations

Waipa District

Related subjects

Wahanui Huatare, -1897 / Maniapoto, Rewi Manga, 1820s?-1894 / Railways / New Zealand / Waikato Region / Design and construction / Māori (New Zealand people) / Waipa District

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