Mural portrays historic hongi

Otago Peninsula Trust ecotourism manager Hoani Langsbury stands in front of a new mural near the entrance to Dunedin Airport, showing Prince Charles meeting his father Kuao Langsbury who, at the time, was head of Te Runanga o Otakou and a descendant of Karetai, signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi.

PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH
PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH
The mural is of a photograph taken when the two met in 2005, and was unveiled at a celebration of the airport's 60th anniversary yesterday.  

 

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