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Evening Post, Volume CVIV, Issue 2, 3 January 1925, Page 9

In connection with the forthcoming reproduction of the celebrated siege" of the Orakau Pa in motion pictures by Maori War Films, Ltd., of Auckland, the .original mats worn by the redoubtable chieftain Eewi Maniapoto and now in the possession of hia lineal descendants will be worn by the Maori chieftain enacting Eewi's role. A number of j old uniforms worn during the war by ! members of the Colonial Defence Force and other combatants have been offered tp the company for use in the-produc-tioii, by descendants of the original wearers, who have also forwarded in much valuable data in connection with personal experiences. Twenty roast hedgehogs with Brussels sprouts were served at Harrington Derby-