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Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 February 1961 "Princess Kahu, representing the Maori community in the queen carnival, had her float decorated with Maori motifs in the procession on Saturday night. She is shown with her attendants."

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2017-20
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
February 27, 1961
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_016180
Format
B&W negative

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Taxonomy

Tags
kākahu,
māori,
piupiu,
te ao māori,
toi,
tāniko,
Community Tags
carnival queens,
competitions,
princesses,
wāhine,

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