More Info →Gathering at the Wood family residence

Description

I muri i te tangi tuatahi o nga pere i runga i te karaka i te Whare Poutaopeta i haere nga tangata ki to te W.T. Wood whare. Ko Kerei Te Panau e noho ana ki te taha maui tuarima. He korowai, he potae ona. Ko tona hoa ranatira, ko Ereni Te Awe Awe, e noho ana ki te taha maui tuawhitu. He Mema o Paremata a W.T. Wood i taua wa.

Taken at the residence of Mr and Mrs Wood, on the corner of Cook and Ferguson Streets, to mark the first chiming of the bells in the Post Office tower on November 9, 1906. The bells were named after Kerei te Panau.

Seated in chairs, beginning 4th from left are: Mrs Ellen (Nell) Wood (née Jolly), Kerei te Panau, Mr William Thomas Wood and Ereni te Awe Awe (wife of Kerei te Panau). The others in the photo are unidentified.

Identification

Object type

Image

Date

1906

Digitisation ID

2008P_Tw1-13_TWH_1911

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