AUCKLAND REGATTA, 1859.
We have been requested to remind our Maori readers that the Annual Regatta will take place on the 29th of January next; that day being the anniversary of the foundation of the Colony. For several years past the Natives residing in the vicinity of AucMand have been invited by their Pakeba friends to compete Willi them in aquatic sports; the call bas been readily responded to. and we nave seen them tugging manfully at the oar, or handling their sailing craß in a manner which bas elicited the warmest praise of the numerous spectators. The exciting trials of skill and swiftness between the war canoes of tribes who now compete for the prizes given on the occasion have always been considered the most interesting part of the affair; and we trust that on the forthcoming Regatta day we shall see a goodly number of competitors, old as well as new, contributing, °y fueir presence and display of nautical skill, to the amusement thus projected for both races. Let not then the Maori fail to accept the challenge thus thrown out to him; but, actuated by the same feeling of goodwill and brotherhood as their Pakeha friends, let it be seen that the Maori subjects of our Queen are willing to compete with them in those things of which the English are justly proud—powers of endurance, and skilful seamanship.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 20, 30 November 1858, Page 4
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231AUCKLAND REGATTA, 1859. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 20, 30 November 1858, Page 4
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