Book by the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department from 1966. Note the difference between therepresentation of Māori and Pakeha. Boek van de New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department uit 1966. Let op het verschil in representatie tussen Māori en Pakeha.
“Waterfall, Paradise Valley, Rotorua) – Snowfall, Tongariro National Park”
“Slow traffic, Ruatoria, East Coast, North Island – Fast traffic, Hamilton-Taupo highway near Atiamuri”
Fast traffic – Pohaturoa is seen here, the sacred mountain at Atiamuri, near which I lost my wife and two children in a car accident in 1988.
Near this scene stands Te Kohatu a Hatupatu, a sacred stone beside the highway, where Maori travelling often left offerings for a safe journey in pre-european times. Some still leave offerings today. I left a fern leaf the last time that I was there, for my surviving daughter and myself.
A van of Asian tourists hit that sacred stone, which is beside the highway, killing some and shunting the car sized sacred rock to one side.
Maybe fast traffic isn’t such a good idea
Hi Robert. Thanks so much for sharing your view and story.