A group of about 40 people walk McPherson Rd, near the Waitaki River, on Thursday as part of a recreation of the walk Te Maiharoa took in 1879 after being evicted from his home at Omarama. Photo by Hamish MacLean. : Walk re-creates Te Maiharoa’s journey
A group of about 40 people walk McPherson Rd, near the Waitaki River, on Thursday as part of a recreation of the walk Te Maiharoa took in 1879 after being evicted from his home at Omarama. Photo by Hamish MacLean. : Walk re-creates Te Maiharoa’s journey
An 1878 photo from the Hocken Collection titled Te Heke (The Migration) to Omarama shows the original group that travelled to the mouth of the Waitaki River. PHOTOS: HOCKEN COLLECTIONS, TE UARE TAOKA O HA-KENA, 88.00343 & HAMISH MACLEAN. : Walk re-creates Te Maiharoa’s journey
An 1878 photo from the Hocken Collection titled Te Heke (The Migration) to Omarama shows the original group that travelled to the mouth of the Waitaki River. PHOTOS: HOCKEN COLLECTIONS, TE UARE TAOKA O HA-KENA, 88.00343 & HAMISH MACLEAN. : Walk re-creates Te Maiharoa’s journey
Toa Rickus (left), Katarina Te Maiharoa, Rua Pick and Michelle Croft call te heke forward to the urupa, cemetery, where Te Maiharoa is buried. : Walk re-creates Te Maiharoa’s journey
Toa Rickus (left), Katarina Te Maiharoa, Rua Pick and Michelle Croft call te heke forward to the urupa, cemetery, where Te Maiharoa is buried. : Walk re-creates Te Maiharoa’s journey
Walk re-creates Te Maiharoa’s journey
Tracing the footsteps of their forebears, a group of about 40 people walked down the Waitaki Valley over five days this week from Omarama to the...