MAORI HOUSE.
PRESENTED TO MUSEUM. Per Press Association. THAMES, March 9. Hotonui, the carved rununga, which was erected at Parawai, Thames, about 1870, was handed over to the trustees of the Auckland museum on Saturday for safe keeping. This step was decided upon because of inability to keep the place In repair. The house was carved by tno Arawa tribo and is a replica of that shown at Wembley Exhibition and which originally was intended for Parawai, but in a suggestion being made that it should go to tho British Musoum the tribe agreed and set to work and carved another to take its place. Hotonui lias been the scone of many notable gatherings during the last fifty years of tribes of Ilauvaki. Regret is expressed at its removal but the museum is considered the best place for it.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 84, 10 March 1925, Page 3
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