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Kōrero: Rural recreation

Musical group

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Musical group

This watercolour, painted by William Mathew Hodgkins around 1880, captures a common colonial scene. A group gathers around a piano and joins in the music-making by singing or playing an instrument.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-213-013

by William Mathew Hodgkins

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Rural recreation – Making their own fun, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/17671/musical-group (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.