Letter to Henry Partridge from Hone Heke

Item Detail

Letter to Partridge describing meaning, with translation, of the phrase 'Kia Ora'. Comments favourably upon Duke of Cornwall & York's use of phrase when meeting Maori in Rotorua in June 1901.

Creator
Hone Heke Ngapua
Title
Letter to Henry Partridge from Hone Heke
Date
01 Jul 1901
Medium
ink on paper, hand-written
Size
328 x 206 mm
Credit line
Partridge Correspondence, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2/73.1-2

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