MAORI CHURCH
HAWKE'S BAY MOVE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) HASTINGS, July 21. The erection of a Maori church at Kohupatiki, home of Bishop Bennett, as a Centennial memorial, has been suggested by the Maori people. About £500 has been collected for building the church, but the work cannot be started without at least £1000 in hand. "Our bishop is the only Maori bishop in New Zealand and the only one without a church of his own," said a well-known Maori today. "We are yery anxious that one should be provided for him."
When Bishop Bennett returned from a recent visit to India he brought with him a marble corner-stone as a gift from Christian Indians. It is hoped that this will be used in building the new church. Several districts, it is understood., huve similar schemes in view.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 19, 22 July 1939, Page 13
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