Kōrero: Photography

Interior of Te Rapunga wharenui by Laurence Aberhart, 1984

Interior of Te Rapunga wharenui by Laurence Aberhart, 1984

Photographs of ancestors are revered in Māori communities, and the interiors of many wharenui (meeting houses) are hung with portraits. In 1984 Laurence Aberhart photographed the interior of Te Rapunga at Waiōmio marae near Kawakawa. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki
Reference: 1985/49/2
Photograph by Laurence Aberhart, 1984

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Courtesy of Laurence Aberhart

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Peter Ireland, 'Photography - Early photography, 1840–1880s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/43214/interior-of-te-rapunga-wharenui-by-laurence-aberhart-1984 (accessed 19 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Peter Ireland, i tāngia i te 22 Oct 2014