A MAORI CHRISTENING.
"- Per Press Association. 1 MASTERTON, August 26. •* A large Native gathering, with festivities on an elaborate. scale, is now being held at Te Ore Ore pah, two nliles rrom here, the Occasion being a trio of baptisms of Native children. A large number of Europeans are present. " A prominent figure is a female tohunga of the Arawa tribe, " whose incantations and supposed powers have a great hold over the Maoris. Order and decorum are enforced, and no liquor is allowed, to be brought into the pah. Natives from all parts of the island are present.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13509, 26 August 1907, Page 2
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98A MAORI CHRISTENING. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13509, 26 August 1907, Page 2
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