Last month Te Pānui Rūnaka published this image on the back page and requested names or information be provided about the photograph. Whānau members and friends made contact with us straight away which was wonderful.

We would like to acknowledge and thank Lisa Tumahai and her dad, Tahana Daniel Tauwhare, Patty-Anne Oberst, Rauhina Hutana-McDowell, Peter Blythe and Te Whe Phillips for providing names and information.

The photo was taken in 1959 at Lake Kaniere on the West Coast. The young men are, from left to right, James Mason Russell, Tahana Daniel Tauwhare (at the back), Mani Kihi, Tom Tainui and Gus Hutana. The car is a Mk 1 Zephyr, which belonged to Tahana Daniel Tauwhare.

Left to right, James Mason Russell, Tahana Daniel Tauwhare (at the back), Mani Kihi, Tom Tainui and Gus Hutana.

Left to right, James Mason Russell, Tahana Daniel Tauwhare (at the back), Mani Kihi, Tom Tainui and Gus Hutana.