New Zealand - Whitianga - Mercury Bay - Thames-Coromandel District - 4 Mar 1959 - Whites Aviation Photo Whitianga - Whitianga is a town on the Coromandel Peninsula, in the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. - Whitianga has been continuously occupied for more than a thousand years since Maori explorer Kupes tribe settled here after his visit in about 950 AD. Te Whitianga o Kupe is the original place name of the town, meaning Kupe's crossing place. - The original European settlement was situated on the opposite side of the river from approximately 1836 to 1881. (source - Wikipedia) -------------------- Image source: Mercury Bay, Whitianga, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-49465. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/32240932 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/32240932 #whitianga