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Sir. —“Matahi” should know that the tournament in question was also a means of bringing together the young and old from wide tribal areas to perpetuate the memory of leading figures of a former day when teams competed for the Lady Arihia Ngata Memorial Gold Cup. the Taranaki Te Ua Memorial Shield and other well-known trophies. Then, on the other hand, the older people have their meetings. Next year this tournament will be held in Ruatoria, when a fitting token to the memory of the late Sir Apirana Ngata will be donated bv the Ngatiporou tribe to the Tanawhiti Maori Hockey Federation which will in its turn award it annually to the club winning the aggregate in hakas. etc., and hockey championship points. I do not know who
“Matahi” is, but if he belongs to the I-loroera community he would know that the places at the marae of the players who went were amply filled by their parents and other members of their respective families, that other traditional rites were also made before their departure, and that only one player went from Horoera here. He should know too. that if those who made the journey could not take in what Mr. Ropiha and Mr. Royal said, that I usually represent Tokararangi and Horoera on matters of that nature. I-le should know that the late Hikitia Wanoa is survived by five sons and three daughters and several grandchildren. and that together we would take up the reins where she left off and carry on as we did in her lifetime to the best of our ability. It is our way of paying tribute and homage to our dead and if we "cannot lead our tamarikis.” wno represent about 90 per cent, of our community it would not be for lack of trying. The trip to Hastings was in part a gesture, to meet half way, the wishes of one section of this group of young people. Some of us seem “Pakehafied,’’ we are still Maoris at heart. E. M. POTAE
TSubject to the usual right of reply, correspondence on this subject is closed —Ed.]
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23367, 25 September 1950, Page 4
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