Te Awe Awe statue, the Square
More Info →- Description
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Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of Maori Land for the opening up of the Manawatu for pakeha settlement. A marble statue of Te Peeti was installed in The Square, Palmerston North, in 1907.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection Mo 22
- Date
- circa 1960
- Digitisation id
- 2011P_Mo22_005786
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- The Square, Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- Attribution + NonCommercial