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Mr & Mrs Owen Hames Re-enact the Arrival of the Hames Family at Paparoa in October 1864
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DescriptionA woman, man and three children in period costume walking outdoors, re-enacting the Hames family's journey to Paparoa.
Mary and Charles Hames emigrated to New Zealand to take up land near Paparoa in 1864. They walked from Riverhead with all of their belongings and their four young sons to their block. Though Charles was deaf and later became blind, the family forged a life on their land, raising two more children; two daughters.
Photograph and information from the book Under Northland Skies: Forty Women of Northland by Florence Keene.
Mary and Charles Hames emigrated to New Zealand to take up land near Paparoa in 1864. They walked from Riverhead with all of their belongings and their four young sons to their block. Though Charles was deaf and later became blind, the family forged a life on their land, raising two more children; two daughters.
Photograph and information from the book Under Northland Skies: Forty Women of Northland by Florence Keene.
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Mr & Mrs Owen Hames Re-enact the Arrival of the Hames Family at Paparoa in October 1864. Northland Room Digital Collections, accessed 04/04/2026, https://wdc.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/454
