Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Modern Times
Primary Maker
Date
Circa 1960
Physical Description
Collection
Level of Current Record
Child
Media/Materials
Technique
Subject Category
Public Access Text
"Auckland Photographic Society O. Petersen - Modern Times - No. 5" inscribed on verso
[Keywords: Matahorua waka (canoe)]
Subject Notes
There are two bronze plaques which sit below each of the sculptures situated in front of the Bledisloe House on Wellesley Street, Auckland Central. They read: "This stone is a sculptural representation of the Matahorua Anchor. According to legend Kupe sailing in the Matahorua canoe discovered New Zealand and returning to Hawaiki gave navigational directions which the Maori followed many generations later. A stone which lay at Paremata claimed to be the Matahorua Anchor."
"This stone if a sculptural representation of The Tainui Anchor. The Tainui canoe sailed to New Zealand in the great Maori migration and after making landfall in the Bay of Plenty area sailed into the Waitemata. It was portaged to the Manukau and sailing South disembarked its complement at Raglan, Kawhia and Mokau. A stone which lay in the Mokau River is claimed to be the Tainui Anchor."
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Last Update
06 Sep 2024
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