TOGETHER IN DEATH
BURIAL OF AGED NATIVES A PICTURESQUE CEREMONIAL. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, November 1. Picturesque Maori ceremonies wore per formed at Orakei village when representatives of tribes from all parts of the North Island assembled to take part in the burial service to two aged Natives. Watene Tautari and Te Hira Pateoro, who died within seven hours of each other. The burial, which took place in the old tribal cemetery at the village, was witnessed by a large number of people from the city. An unusual feature was that the two men were buried side by side in the one grave. It was stated that it would b" difficult to find in Maori history a parallel to the circumstances of the lives of the deceased. They were both born in the village and brought up together, they were lifelong, friends, and died within a few hours of each other, and were buried in the same grave. The Maori “ king ’ Koroki was present, but did not take part in the ceremony, his uncle, the son of an earlier “king,” Tawhiao, spe'aking on his behalf. Although there were over 2000 city people on the Marae, the proceedings were not in any way interfered with, the grid of the Maoris being treated with the greatest respect.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22100, 2 November 1933, Page 10
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