Museum Showcases Axeman Rangitaane MacDonald
Born in Endeavour Inlet, Queen Charlotte Sound in 1910, Rangitaane MacDonald began his chopping and sawing career at the age of sixteen. His father Peter MacDonald nominated him for his first chopping carnival at Canvastown. He went on to win the prize money for two ‘100lb chops’ and the ‘single-hand saw’ sections. Tane, as he [...]