Haurongo: Ball, Murray Hone

Ki mua

Wal’, Dog and Murray, 1976

Whai muri

Murray Ball as a young man, seated beside an enlarged illustration of the Wal’ and Dog ‘Footrot Flats’ characters.

Murray Ball, at the beginning of his long relationship with his iconic characters Wal’ and Dog.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-155

by Evening Post photographer

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Tim Shoebridge. 'Ball, Murray Hone', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47665/wal-dog-and-murray-1976 (accessed 4 June 2026).