Groups of tekau for Digitalnz's tenth birthday

A DigitalNZ Story by DigitalNZ

This year DigitalNZ turns tekau/ten years old. Happy birthday to us! Here's a story of a group of tekau things: freemasons, twins, stolen cars, and ladies punting on the Avon.

Image: Ten Groschen

Ten Groschen

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Ten Freemasons...

Ten Freemasons...

Auckland Libraries

Image: Ten Guitars

Ten Guitars

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Ten "Monochromes"

Ten "Monochromes"

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Tape ("Taranaki Top Ten")

Tape ("Taranaki Top Ten")

Puke Ariki

Image: Ten Presidents, 1975

Ten Presidents, 1975

NZEI Te Riu Roa (New Zealand Educational Institute)

Image: Marching girls competition, 1959

Marching girls competition, 1959

Auckland Libraries

Image: Man and woman with ten children

Man and woman with ten children

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Ten girls in Canterbury family

Ten girls in Canterbury family

Auckland Libraries

Image: Two Fine New Zealand Ten-Pounders

Two Fine New Zealand Ten-Pounders

Auckland Libraries

Image: Catholic Priests at the film, The Ten Commandments

Catholic Priests at the film, The Ten Commandments

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Departure of the Tofua, Auckland, 1959

Departure of the Tofua, Auckland, 1959

Auckland Libraries

Image: Studio portrait of unidentified ten young girls wearing hair ribbons and holding hula hoops decorated with small pompoms, standing with a man with a moustache, Christchurch

Studio portrait of unidentified ten young girls wearing hair ribbons and holding hula hoops decorated with small pompoms, standing with a man with ...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: The first of ten carved pou being laid in place during the Waiwhetu Marae's 25th birthday celebrations at Lower Hutt - Photograph taken by Ross Giblin

The first of ten carved pou being laid in place during the Waiwhetu Marae's 25th birthday celebrations at Lower Hutt - Photograph taken by Ross Giblin

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: You'll find great fun in this game of Heads and Tails. See If you can work it out, A head and a tail are shown for each of ten animals, bui they are not given in the same order. Write the number of the head. the letter of. the tail, and the name of the animal for each. For example. 11 M Donkey. All the ten animals are included in this, list: Anteater. Antelope, Bear, Beaver, Bison, Buffalo, Elephant, Gazelle, Hippopotamus. Leopard, Lion, Lynx, Racoon, Rat, Rhinoceros, Seal, Squirrel. Tiger, Yak. (Evening Post, 26 August 1939)

You'll find great fun in this game of Heads and Tails. See If you can work it out, A head and a tail are shown for each of ten animals, bui they ar...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: In the list that follows are ten familiar animal similes, hut in each case the name of the animal has been omitted. All the animals concerned are shown. Can you fill in the names in the correct places? Agile as a ——:— • Enduring as-a Bold as a -—• Blind as a .Impenetrable as a Giddy as a Ferocious as a Quiet" as" a Merry as a ■ Shy as a (Evening Post, 27 April 1940)

In the list that follows are ten familiar animal similes, hut in each case the name of the animal has been omitted. All the animals concerned are s...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: [Group portait of Maori children]

[Group portait of Maori children]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Ballet group

Ballet group

Auckland Libraries

Image: Inwood, Wedding

Inwood, Wedding

Puke Ariki

Image: Okato Basketball, Team

Okato Basketball, Team

Puke Ariki

Image: Pryne, Wedding

Pryne, Wedding

Puke Ariki

Image: Philips, Wedding

Philips, Wedding

Puke Ariki

Image: Griffin & Sons

Griffin & Sons

Nelson Provincial Museum

Image: The Masterton Amateur Dramatic Society

The Masterton Amateur Dramatic Society

Wairarapa Archive

Image: At the bottom of a sand hill at Whatipu

At the bottom of a sand hill at Whatipu

Auckland Libraries

Image: Nelson College for Girls, Prefects

Nelson College for Girls, Prefects

Nelson Provincial Museum

Image: Roman Catholic Bazaar

Roman Catholic Bazaar

Nelson Provincial Museum

Image: Pihama Dairy Factory Hands

Pihama Dairy Factory Hands

Puke Ariki

Image: Taringamotu School, Team

Taringamotu School, Team

Puke Ariki

Image: Cardinal Softball Team

Cardinal Softball Team

Puke Ariki

Image: New Plymouth Operatic Society, Tarantara Tarantara

New Plymouth Operatic Society, Tarantara Tarantara

Puke Ariki