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Description

Awapuni Lagoon was one of 5 original lagoons in Palmerson North when pakeha arrived for settlement. It was later drained. Written in pencil on the old print are the words: “Awapuni Lagoon 1881. Returning to Pah from Waldegraves”. Note the old wharepuni on the right, part of the Awapuni Maori settlement between the Foxton - Palmerston North Road and the northern bank of the Lagoon. The people in the canoe are probably the Mr and Mrs W H Luxford and daughter.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1881
Digitisation ID
2007N_Awa1_EPN_0252
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
boating,
early palmerston north,
leisure,
photographs,
Community Tags
waka,
wharenui,

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