Visit New Zealand Wonderland of the Pacific trompf All was not lost however

All was not lost however

New Zealand features a Maori elder in traditional dress

gripped by an unseen musician

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Visit New Zealand Wonderland of the Pacific trompf All was not lost howeverThe original artwork for the colour lithographic poster was created be Carl Laugeson, dated from around 1935 and published by Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie for the New Zealand Tourist Department. Wonderland of the Pacific is an evocative sentimentalised poster illustrating a Maori woman in traditional dress seated in the foreground with women cooking in a hot pool behind her. A large hotel, Chateau Tongariro, geyser, and mountain are in the background.