THE MAORI TO-DAY
Boys Who Cannot Speak Their Own Language Dominion Special Service. Wanganui, March 22. “The carnival taught many of our young men to do things which their ancestors did years ago, and I thank you for'that,” said Mr. W. Emia, one of the representatives of the Native race who was present at a social function tendered by the Mayor of Wanganui (Mr. N. G. Armstrong) to members of the carnival executive last night. • Mr. Emia, on the last night of the recent carnival, said he had overheard a remark passed by a spectator that the native hakas had been done by performers who “looked to be almost real Maoris.” He was fully aware that the Maoris engaged were “real” enough, but he took it that the spectator had been impressed with the realism of the hakas themselves.
“It might surprise you gentlemen,” he said, “but many of those boys who performed during your’ carnival cannot speak their own language. You gave them something to do which their ancestors did years ago. and they enjoyed it.” '
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 151, 23 March 1934, Page 12
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177THE MAORI TO-DAY Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 151, 23 March 1934, Page 12
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