ISLAND FUNERAL
BURIAL ON MOKOIA The first funeral for about five years took place on Mokoia Island, in Lake Rotorua, at the end of last week, when a member of the Ngati Whakaue section of the Arawa tribe was interred. The deceased was Raman te Kowhai, aged about GC. She was well known at Ohinemutu. The body was carried to the island by launch. The conveyance of the coffin from the wharf to the summit of the island was accomplished only after Maoris with slashers an<i axes had cut a track through the thick undergrowth, and even then the steepness of the ascent for some 600 ft. made the task difficult. Although 'Mokoia is sometimes referred to as a sacred island because of the centuries old burial ground at the summit, burials there are now rare.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20619, 21 November 1941, Page 8
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136ISLAND FUNERAL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20619, 21 November 1941, Page 8
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