HotunuiWhareThames - A black and white photo of a small house
Hotunui, a Meeting House, Māori (Ngāti Maru), Thames, New Zealand (View of the Thames Meeting House "Hotunui" photographed by the Burton Brothers in the 1880s). The house originally stood at Parawai, near Thame... More
Interior of meeting house at Auckland War Memorial Museum
Large 54 megapixel panorama (created from 12 shots) of the interior of Hotunui, a 19th century Māori meeting house inside the Auckland War Memorial Museum, showing the complete rear wall opposite the entrance. ... More
Hotunui Interior 2
Interior view (looking towards the rear) of Hotunui, a carved meeting house built in 1878 for the Ngāti Maru people, Thames, New Zealand, by carvers from the Ngāti Awa tribe of Whakatane, as a wedding present w... More
Hotunui Whare
Hotunui, a carved meeting house of the Ngati Maru people, Thames, New Zealand. This house was built in 1878 by Ngati Awa carvers from Whakatane, as a wedding present when a woman of their tribe married a Ngati ... More
Kowhaiwhai
Kowhaiwhai patterns on a rafter from the Maori meeting house Hotunui, Ngati Maru, Hauraki, 19th Century. Hotunui was built in 1878 and now stands in the Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand. Photograph ta... More
Poumatua 2
Detail of carved post from the Maori meeting house Hotunui, Ngati Maru, Hauraki, 19th Century. Tukutuku wall panels visible to right of post. Hotunui was built in 1878 and now stands in the Auckland War Memori... More
Rautao Left (cropped)
Poupou (wall post) depicting Rautao, an ancestor of the Ngāti Maru people, Thames, New Zealand. This wall post is from Hotunui, a carved meeting house built in 1878 by Ngāti Awa carvers from Whakatane, as a wed... More
