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Kōrero: Waterfalls

Tourism poster

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Tourism poster

This poster, depicting an idyllic waterfall setting, was prepared by Leonard Mitchell in the 1930s for the New Zealand Tourist Department. Despite the specific place names at the bottom, this is an imagined North Island bush scene.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM_Waitomo-1930s-01-cover

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, Waterfalls – Europeans and waterfalls, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/11775/tourism-poster (accessed 4 June 2026).

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