MAORI HOUSE RESTORED
British Tribute To N.Z. Generosity A tribute to New Zealand generosity appears in the spring newsletter of the National Trust, just issued in London. The letter reports the restoration of the Maori house in the gardens of Clandon Park in the south of England, made possible by the generosity of the New Zealand Government, the joint New Zealand Shipping Lines, the National Bank and the bank of New Zealand. The Maori people themselves supplied the roof timbers shipped from New Zealand. The Maori house was an eighteenth-century thatched dwelling house sited below the mountains at Wairoa in the North Island. The eruption of a volcano badly damaged the dwelling and it remained half buried for some years till the fourth Earl of Onslow, who was Governor-General of New Zealand at the time, had the debris transported to Clandon in 1886. It has been restored as near as possible to the original construction, with a thatched roof. Some cak-ving and decoration work has still to be done this summer. The National Trust is a non-Government body which acts for the nation In the acquisition of land and houses worthy of permanent preservation. It owns 285,500 acres comprising over 1000 properties. Scotland has a separate National Trust.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29480, 5 April 1961, Page 10
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