MAORI WEDDING AT KARAKANUI.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 32, 8 February 1899, Page 2

MAORI WEDDING AT KARAKANUI.

tin Wafoiiifeeky. the Ist infct, thi little aativ£ fcett'tement of SUrafe&nui, on the Pahi Kiver, $tefctfttfed<& *&y ■ k litely appearance. It* popwlatidn was increased by from JL6O to ?00 vitsjtor& 4 m&rfiages. It is notoften that one" hears much .9 bout Maori tredilfngs, were fiolemnisM in this se]ttleA«)ttt. itt - dne ajiy. li*6i4fefe Ma6rt ti^ltdjse there was a number of pakthas, who were. most heartily welcoisied aad eotsia^rateiy treated. The proefefitiiags opiened with afterttooii tea, tendeifftl maialy to the Europeans. At 4.&Q tijife' brides Were escorted ffoisi thfe fe^ttlfe' t ment to ithe, cshurch by three bW«a"--b^dfe,.jQaa^ly* the^outo.the j£o#toi,?'w and the Karakanui. The service was 6otiduetea by the ii«v, Wa. Gittps,. asaisted by the Rev. Hauraki Paul. The Brides, dreißed in hailstbtte: ift\i&lia, were each attended by three, or four bridesmaids, and each brid*grcoWi by a best man. The cferemony. being ended, the happy couples and their £rie#Qs returned to the settlement, Where a wedding breakfast was. : laid Out in first-class European styje. Mr Qittds delivered an appropriate t : address on the relations and dtttj«s of inartied faXk&i and in support t>f hii: ■ remarks referred those who had just entered the matrimonial stat» to vaii-. . ous passages of Scripture. After the breakfast the party adjourned to the hall, where dancing- was kept tip untttdaybreak. • > ;