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Original Watercolour
There are four original watercolours within this frame. Captions and notes are as follows:

'The New Zealanders. XI.'

1. 'Wakapokoko near Roto-Aire Lake.'
   
   
2. 'Carved stile. near Roto-Aire Lake.'
   
   
3. 'Land mark. between Mokau and Tahua.'
   
   
4. 'Wakapokokos or He Tikis round Waitahanui Pa. Taupo Lake./li>
   
   

Notes:

1. A carved tiki (image). In the background is a whata (elevated storehouse) that contains the bones of a favourite child. This site is wahi tapu (sacred burial site) which is restricted.
   
   
2. The carved stile leads into a potato garden.
   
   
3. The boundry marker consists of a cloak tied to wooden entrance.
   
   
4. The carved figures on palisade posts were often representations of ancestors or important atua (deities) and seen as guardians against misfortune.
   
   

Signed by Angas

Lithograph
The original has been used in Angas's The New Zealanders.

Plate XXXI (part)
Lithograph caption:

1. 'A girl at Pipitea Pah.'
   
   
2. 'A boy of Te Aro.'
   
   
3. 'E Rangi & E Tohi, girls of Port Nicholson. with Kiko an old woman of Tiakiwai.'
   
   

Plate title: 'Natives of Port Nicholson.'
Notes: 'Carved stile. near Roto-Aire Lake.' (II) was used in the background of Plate XXXI, I. A girl at Pipitea Pah.' (see AA 8/6/21)

Plate L (part)
Lithograph caption: 'Native tombs.'
Plate title: 'Tombs.'
Notes: 'I. Wakapokoko near Roto-Aire Lake.' is the central watercolour in Plate L.

The remaining watercolours III and IV are unpublished.
Lithographer: JW Giles

Iwi [tribe]: Ngati Tuwharetoa,
Location: Rotoaire, Taupo, Mokau

Former Accession Number 1527(2)