THE TE KOOTI TRAIL (1927)

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Year
1927
Reference
P04234
Media type
Poster
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Rights Information
Year
1927
Reference
P04234
Media type
Poster
Item unavailable online
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Production company
Whakatane Films

Screenprint, black ink illustration and text on plain paper. Design simulates a ‘Wanted’ poster. Central photographic image of the head of Te Pairi Tuterangi as Te Kooti.
Text at top: ‘70,000 Lost 300 Killed in the various expeditions to capture Dead or Alive’. Text at bottom: ‘Te Kooti The Maori Outlaw King of all outlaws and bushrangers - a native military genius, who for 15 years defeated or escaped from every British expedition that was sent to get him! He was finally pardoned by the New Zealand government, 1883. See the amazing film “Te Kooti Trail” coming soon!’