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GRAEME CLARKE. - TEMPEST
AND TORMENT
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A section of the the road from Apia
to Faleolo Airport in Samoa. The gardens and landscaping
done by the homeowners is a credit to them. |
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This dresser is an example of the magnificent
sculptured swamp kauri furniture that is available at the
kauri factory a few kilometres out of Kaitaia in New Zealand.
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In Marahau, a small country town
in the Nelson Province of New Zealand sculptors are producing
these amazing carvings. The faces are literally carved out
of old tree stumps.
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This is a photo of me holding a ceremonial
cushion and handing a pair of scissors over to the Princess
of Tonga so she can cut the ribbon across the door of the
Ha'afeva Power Station building. Note the King of Tonga
sitting in the Royal Tent in the background. |
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The King of Tonga making a speech at
the Ha'afeva Power Station opening ceremony. |
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A photo opportunity of me with the Princess
of Tonga and the Minister of Police Mr Clive Edwards. Mr
Edwards was also the Chairman of the Ha'apai Development
Committee. |
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The next three pictures are a set
of three extremely unusual stamps. The Tongan Postal Service
is reknown for the unusal and colourful stamps they produce.
Even the common everyday stamp would be large and colourful.
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A tapa cloth made from beating tree
bark into a parchment. This particular cloth depicts the
Ha'apai Islands archipelago, just north of the main Tongatapu
group. |
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Another tapa cloth. This particular
cloth was presented to Pat C by the children of the Catholic
School when we left Tonga. Pat C was a volunteer at the school
teaching a class of slower learners how to speak English.
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This is Pat C with her class that she
used to give reading lessons to at a local Catholic School
in Nuku'alofa. |
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A carved lantern made by one of the
local carvers in a handcraft shp located in Nuku'alofa.
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An example of some locally grown Black
Pearls still in the oyster shell. |
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The onset of cyclone Erica. I was battened
down in Pangai for a few days while this cyclone passed
over. At the height of the storm the yard became flooded
with about half a metre of water. One can't do
much but sit out these cyclones. |
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