MAORI MEETING HOUSE
OPENING AT PETONE. GOVERNOR-GENERAL PRESENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 18. Amid' scenes of Maori tradition and ceremony a marae and meeting house at Petone was opened by the GovernorGeneral (Lord Bledisloe) to-day. The metting house was’' erected by Te Ropu o te Whanganui a Tara', a society which has as its object the preservation of Maori Art® and crafts. His Excellency was presented with ahandsome carved mere. The speakers included' the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates and Mr Taite te Tomo, M.P. Their Excellencies inspected the meeting house and displaced' a keen interest in the his-, torieal treasures displayed.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 19 October 1933, Page 5
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