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Inscriptions on reverse read: “Settlers offering up a prayer for their safe arrival at Te Awahou. Foxton Centennial Celebrations Labour weekend October 1955. Photo taken by F H Murray, Foxton.” and “Neal Hunt aka Duncan.”

Reinactment of first settlers arriving in Foxton during the Foxton Centennial Celebrations, 1955. In this photograph Neal Hunt, playing the role of James Duncan kneels with other early settlers in a prayer of thanksgiving.

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