New Zealand - Waiuku
- Queen Street
- Circa 1915
- William Archer Price photo
Waiuku
- A country town in the Auckland Region
- The Maori name Waiuku comes from a legend that two prominent brothers, Tamakae and Tamakou, vied for the hand of a beautiful high-ranking Waikato chieftainess.
- Waiuku came into existence as a port in about 1843, on the then important trade route between Auckland and the agricultural area of the Waikato.
- It was also the terminal of an ancient Maori portage between the Waikato River and the Manukau Harbour.
Reference: Wikipedia
Image source: Queen Street, Waiuku. Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-000751-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22711912
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22711912 #waiuku