MAORI SYNOD.
/ EAST COAST GATHERING.
THREE BISHOPS TO ATTEND.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
GISBORNE, this day.
The Maori synod, which will open at Whangara, 16 miles north of Gisborne to-morrow, will be attended by the Bishop of Waiapu, the Right Rev. G. V. Gerard; the Bishop of Aotearoa, the Right Rev. P. A. Bennett, and Archbishop Averill. The Archbishop will be accompanied from Auckland by Archdeacon Hawkins.
A hui is to be conducted in conjunction with the -synod. To-morrow evening several Maori choirs will compete for a number of trophies, and on Thursday the new carved meeting house at Whangara will be opened.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 84, 11 April 1939, Page 4
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