NATIVE CEREMONIES
WHAKATANE PROGRAMME CENTENNIAL GATHERING What promises to be the largest Maori gathering in years in the Bay of Plenty, will take place on Saturday, March IG, when the whole of the Matatua tribe, comprising the N.gatiawa and Tuhoe federation of hapus, will combine in a demonstration and historic display in connection with Whakatanc's centennial celebrations. In the Whakatane Domain the Maoris will greet with action dance and chant the arrivals from Ruatoki, Te Teko, Waioliou, Waimana and further inland. The gathering will form up in tribal units and march to the Pohaturoa Rock, where will, be re-enacted the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi by the direct descendants of those Matatua chiefs who signed the celebrated document 100 years ago. The planting of the first kumara from the Matatua canoe will be re-enacted upon the spot of red soil traditionally credited with having been brought from 1-lawaiki for the purpose.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19400229.2.12
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 29 February 1940, Page 2
Word Count
152NATIVE CEREMONIES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 29 February 1940, Page 2
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in