This work is a similar composition to Mangonui, watercolour 26.6 x 26.8cm, Collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, illustrated page 143 Life & Vision, edited by William McAloon & Jill Trevelan, Te Papa Press, 2008.

Rita Angus visited friends Roy and Joyce Milligan at Mangonui, Northland during the winter 1953 and again in December. By October 1954 she was living in a cottage there and working on landscapes of the surrounding area. Paintings produced at this time, including Mangonui, Northland were exhibited with The Group. When plans to purchase the cottage fell through the artist returned to Wellington in April of 1955.