Scenes of Maori Life on the Whanganui River
He pito whakaatu I te noho a te maori I te awa o whanganui
Watch Scenes of Maori Life on the Whanganui River Online Free FlixHQ. In March and April 1921 several weeks were spent by Elsdon Best, Johannes Anderson and James McDonald, of the Dominion Museum, at Koriniti, Hiruharama and Pipiriki in the Whanganui River valley. The scenes in this film record games such as skipping and string games, crafts such as dyeing and weaving of harakeke, cultivation and fishing. The making of hinaki for eels and the setting of traps in the weirs are shown in detail.
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: New Zealand
- Director: James McDonald
- Cast:
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