Waiwhetu marae, Lower Hutt

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Waiwhetu marae, Lower Hutt

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Te Papa Collections Online

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This essay originally appeared in New Zealand Art at Te Papa (Te Papa Press, 2018). In Waiwhetu marae, Lower Hutt, Ans Westra records the rituals that were part of the opening of the whare whakairo, or carved meeting house, Arohanui ki te Tāngata. But, unlike the woman with the camera in the front row, who is a participant as well as a photographer, Westra is an outsider, an observer. Answering a question about how Māori viewed her activities in the 1960s, Westra said, ‘The Maori would often...

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Image

Date created

1960

Creator

Ans Westra

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/39073

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Women / Aged persons / Ethnic groups / Cameras / Wood carvings / Lower Hutt (New Zealand) / Māori / Te Āti Awa [attributed] / photographic gelatin / photographic paper / silver / black-and-white prints / gelatin silver prints / documentary photographs / works of art / black-and-white photography / documentary photography / Contemporary / Rites & ceremonies / Lower Hutt

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