MAORI TRIBES
A Great Meeting NEXT WEEK IN TARANAKI. (Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, June IS. In response to an invitation of the committee in charge of next week . s proceedings at Waitara for the unveiling of the Sir Maui Pomare memorial, ami the opening of the memorial Maori meeting bouse, advice has been received that the Governor-General will be present at the ceremonies on June 27. The Prime Minister has also intimated his intention of being present, and there will probably' be other members of Cabinet, members of Parliament from all over the Dominion, as well as members of Maori tribes from all over the North Island and some from the South Island. Tuesday is expected to be the day' on which the great bulk of the Maori visitors from other districts will arrive, and they' will be welcomed in traditional custom. The following days will be devoted to sports and entertainments, with tribal meetings.
A hockey tournament under the jurisdiction of the East Coast Hockey Federation will be played on New Plymouth airport grounds, the finals on Saturday at Waitara, There'will he Rugby football matches on Thursday and Saturday, that on Thursday being Taranaki v. Wanganui Alaoris, and the Saturday match will bo East Coast v. other Alaoris.
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Grey River Argus, 19 June 1936, Page 4
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