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C1887
A Street in Wellington, New Zealand
Artist:
Artist unknown.
The earliest name for Wellington, from Maori legend, is Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui. In Maori it means ‘the head of Maui’s fish’. Caught and pulled to the surface by Polynesian navigator Maui, the fish became the North … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A Street in Wellington, New Zealand
Date:
C1887
Artist:
Artist unknown.
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Image Size:
240mm
x 160mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1887
Description:
The earliest name for Wellington, from Maori legend, is Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui. In Maori it means ‘the head of Maui’s fish’. Caught and pulled to the surface by Polynesian navigator Maui, the fish became the North Island.The Polynesian explorer Kupe is credited with the initial discovery of Wellington Harbour. Te Whanganui-a-Tara (the great harbour of Tara) is another Maori name for Wellington. Tara was the son of Whatonga, another Polynesian migrant, who had settled in Hawke’s Bay. Whatonga sent Tara on a tour of inspection of the lower North Island in the 12th century. After a year Tara returned and reported that the best place he had seen was ‘at the very nostrils of the island’. As a result Whatonga and his followers shifted south – the first iwi (tribe) in Wellington was thus Ngai.
