Early 20th C Family Life

The images below are from a lot of glass plate negatives purchased on Trade Me a few years ago. There is nothing to identify the subjects other than the names Sophy, Andy, Harry and Sam written in the lid of the box. As it seems to be a family of a girl and three boys (two of them twins) that would fit.

The weatherboard house and ferns suggest the colonies rather than Britain and maybe New Zealand? Don’t recognise the school uniform. No photograph of father so maybe he was the photographer.

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Maori life

Two of the three images below were taken by Charles Spencer at unidentified times. The third, entitled Tametekapua Meeting House, has no photographer credit. If you know anything about Rueti Watea please let me know. Thank you.

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Rueti Watea


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Unidentified Maori Pah (but most likely in the middle or upper North Island).


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Tametekapua Meeting House (with the dates 1872 and 1904 above the doorway)