THE CENTENNIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 128, 2 June 1939, Page 8

THE CENTENNIAL.

WAITANGI CELEBRATIONS.

EXTENSION KIiyI'ESTED. tl'-y Tclt'srn]«!i —own ("iirri-simmliMit.) WHANdAUKI, thi« day. F.xtcnsion of the W*<iitaiigi Centennial celc'niiiliiiiis over two days instead of liniitii!;: the occasion to one day, as proposed by the <Jo\ eminent, was advocated by a meeting of Maori leaders held -it I'e Karetu, near Kawakawa. The desire of the Xgapuhi people for the longer period is to be conveyed to .Sir Apirana Xgata. Mr. llaniiora Maioha emphasised the ne<'(! of more, financial to enKnre the completion of the Xgapuhi liiiioe for Wuitniigi. After the Auckland

.v!r:>r.it>i>ns one of Princerss TV Puea's liiii.ic- will be transported to Waitangi, but the feeling ;it yesterday's meeting was that it was imperative that the Xi:;:; uhi'" canoe should he i-oni-plcti'd. Keprexi'iitativeg of the various tiiiics were asked to inijirese upon the pc"|il« tlie necessity for financial support, and an appeal is to be made to Europeans to co-operate.

It was decided that the major tribes in Northland should appoint a. representative to sit on the tru-tee hoard administering the Waitangi marae at To Tii, near Waitangi. nominated were:—Messrs. Hemi Manuera. of Tc Kan (Aupnri), Henare Kingi. of Poria (Xgutikahut, 1 , . K. Paikoa. M.P.. of Hatley (Ngathvhatua) and Km l>,,u. of Kaikohe (Ngapnhn. The Rawera representative is still to ho appointed.