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Iphargis conacia, stranded at Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty

documentary heritage
  • Other Id

    69835 (Presto content ID)

    PH-TECH-576-12-1 (Reference Number)

    DU436.167 T26 (Library of Congress Call Number)

    22056 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Department

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Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Iphargis conacia, stranded at Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty
  • Primary Maker

     Rev Hakaraia Pahewa (Photographer)

  • Date
    1890-1910
  • Physical Description

    105 mm. x 165 mm.

  • Level of Current Record
    Child
  • Related Object Notes
    plate 105
  • Media/Materials
  • Technique
  • Subject Category
  • Public Access Text

    Caption from publication A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa.

    “Canon Hākaraia Pāhewa (c. 1869-1948) was one of the earliest known Māori photographers, a clergyman who photographed his community at Te Kaha. He travelled around the district and documented local activities from gardening to whaling. This scene shows a leatherback turtle likely found by local whalers on the shore. Pāhewa marked his photographs ‘H. Pahewa Photo’ and later used a stamp with stylised border.”

  • Subject Notes
    Pahewa, Hakaraia
    He was educated at Te Aute College (his two sisters went to Hukarere Native Girls' School), then undertook training at Te Rau Theological College in Gisborne from 1889. He was deaconed on 10 March 1895, and appointed to serve as curate of Te Kaha Maori District in the diocese of Waiapu, along the coastal road from Opotiki to East Cape. He was priested on 20 December 1896, and then appointed vicar of the district. His ministry lasted for 44 years, until 1939, but he lived there until his death.Pahewa was a keen gardener and grew vegetables (especially kumara) and flowers. He was also a skilled photographer whose work was published by the Auckland Weekly News. Some of his photographs have historical significance; for instance, those he took of Hukarere school during the Anglican synod there in 1918. Others depict local scenes, including whaling at Te Kaha. He carried his photographic gear with him when doing his parish rounds, and developed his own plates.
    http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3p2/pahewa-hakaraia
  • Copyright
    No known copyright restrictions
  • Last Update
    14 Jan 2025
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