Tipi Tainui Ropiha and his secretary - Photograph taken by T M Downie

Description: Mr Tipi Tainui Ropiha, while he was Under-Secretary of Maori Affairs, seated at his desk, at his office in Wellington. His secretary, Miss M Butler, sits alongside. Objects on his desk include a papahou (a flat carved wooden box for holding huia feathers). Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by T M Downie in September 1949. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.4 x 21.2 cm