This 30-metre-long canoe, Ngatokimatawhaorua, was launched at Waitangi in 1940. There
was a re-enactment of the treaty signing and speakers made much of the unity of Māori
and Pākehā.
Alexander Turnbull Library Reference:
MNZ-2871-1/2-F Photographer: Tudor Washington Collins Permission of the Alexander Turnbull
Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any
re-use of this image.
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'Ngatokimatawhaorua canoe', URL: https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/canoe-ngatokimatawhaorua,
(Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 7-Jul-2014
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