Chainsaw

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Title

Chainsaw

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

After Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed in 1840, Governor William Hobson chose what is now known as Auckland to be the new capital in 1841. At this time, it was said that a tree grew at the summit of Maungakiekie One Tree Hill, which accounts identified as a pōhutukawa. This tree was cut down by a Pākehā settler in 1852 – the reason for his action remains unclear. The summit was then planted with native trees and radiata pine by Dr John Logan Campbell, regarded by many as the ‘father of Aucklan...

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Format

Image

Date created

circa 1985

Creator

Oleo-Mac

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/988531

Related subjects

metal / chain saws / Protest movements / Italy / Ngā Puhi / Ngāti Kurī

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