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Haurongo: Cleveland, Francis Leslie

Going fishing

A man in a black singlet and floppy hat seated in a motorboat in a large body of water, the wake rippling out behind the boat.

Les Cleveland’s 1960 portrait of Hukatere farmer Dick Ramsay is one of his many photographs of rural characters going about their business. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Les Cleveland Collection. 1/4-129340-F

by Les Cleveland

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

Lawrence McDonald. 'Cleveland, Francis Leslie', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2023. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47868/going-fishing (accessed 4 June 2026).