A TOUCH OF NEW ZEALAND IN AN ENGLISH SETTING.—This Maori meeting house is in Clandon Park, Surrey, the former family seat Of the Earls of Onslow. Before the Tarawera eruption in ISM, the building was at Te Wairoa and a show place for tourists. It was taken to England by the fourth Earl of Onslow, Governor of New Zealand from 1889 to 1892, but gradually fell into decay. The meeting house has now been restored. The thatching is of Norfolk reeds, and the timber used in the reconstruction was given by a group of Taumarnnui Maoris. It is said to be the finest example of a Maori building outside New Zealand.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29691, 8 December 1961, Page 24
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111A TOUCH OF NEW ZEALAND IN AN ENGLISH SETTING.—This Maori meeting house is in Clandon Park, Surrey, the former family seat Of the Earls of Onslow. Before the Tarawera eruption in ISM, the building was at Te Wairoa and a show place for tourists. It was taken to England by the fourth Earl of Onslow, Governor of New Zealand from 1889 to 1892, but gradually fell into decay. The meeting house has now been restored. The thatching is of Norfolk reeds, and the timber used in the reconstruction was given by a group of Taumarnnui Maoris. It is said to be the finest example of a Maori building outside New Zealand. Press, Volume C, Issue 29691, 8 December 1961, Page 24
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