MAORI CARVED CHURCH.
THE OPENING CEREMONY. NOTABLE HUI IN PROSPECT. [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] GISBOBNE, Thursday. A hui at Tikitiki to commemorate the opening of the memorial carved church and the unveiling of the soldiers' monument will be held on February 14. The Bishop of Waiapu, Dr. Sedgwick, will perform the ceremony of consecration of the church. The Governor-General * will be present, also the Prime Minister and Sir Maui Pomare. Provision will bo made for the accommodation of 2000 people. The church is slowly approaching completion, and it will stand not only as a memorial to the Ngatiporou boys, who fell in the Great War, but also to the patient toil of Hone Ngatoto, the man who is doing the carving. To ensure the completion of the church before the opening day two men are being sent from Rotorua to do the minor carving.
The carved pulpit, the work of Rotoma people, has arrived, and the stained windows are ready at Wellington. It is understood that arrangements have been made for a party of American tourists visiting the Dominion early next year to attend the function.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19156, 23 October 1925, Page 10
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185MAORI CARVED CHURCH. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19156, 23 October 1925, Page 10
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