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MAORI: c.1905 undivided back "Guide Maggie, Rotorua", autographed across the photograph, used in 1906 from 'WHAKAREWAWERA' (Maggie's home; the PO opened 5/3/1906) & taxed. [Makareti Papakura was one of the most popular guides in the Rotorua District. She wrote "Guide to the Hot Lakes District" & formed a Maori performance troupe that toured NSW & England, where she later settled. In 1926 she enrolled in a Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology at Oxford University. Her thesis, published after her death in 1930, is regarded as the first major ethnographic work by a Maori scholar]