PERSONAL RECORD. SIDEY, TKS. [DOMINION MUSEUM. HUI]

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Year
1934
Reference
F36023
Media type
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Year
1934
Reference
F36023
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Amateur
Duration
0:06:30
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
Photography: Thomas Kay Sidey

War Memorial Museum, Auckland. Panoramic view of city. Polar bears in enclosure (probably Akld Zoo). Rangitoto in distance. Church building.

Scenes of 1934 celebration and ceremonies at Te Tii, Waitangi, of Lord Bledisloe’s handing over of the Treaty House and land at Waitangi to the nation. People gathered around marquee tents erected at Te Tii, Waitangi. Boats at wharf, Waitangi. Cars parked beside tents in paddock. Building [rear view of Treaty House] Pan of Treaty grounds, flagstaff, harbour.

Tent with sign - ‘Hairdresser’. Kapa haka group performing. Car parked beside tent, woman [Mrs Sidey] at entrance. Pavillion and crowds. Men perform kapa haka with taiaha. Mita Taupopoki. Women perform kapa haka with poi. Polynesian group in costume [Cook Islands] [Cook Islands group perform]

Visiting dignitary in top hat with wife [Lord and Lady Bledisloe] and naval officers. Young Maori boys performing kapa haka. Large group of sailors march down towards harbour. Māori man in cloak. Kapa haka performances in front of trees. Man gives speech (dark). Tane Mahuta. Car drives down road through bush.