ASSEMBLY OF MAORIS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18255, 25 November 1933, Page 15

ASSEMBLY OF MAORIS

LOYALTY TO “KINO” KOEOKI Tributes arc being paid by many hundreds of visiting Maoris to “King” Koroki, the fifth of the line of Maori “kings,” who was recently recognised as leader of his people following the death of his father, To, Rata Mahuta to Wlicrowhero. Waahi Pa. across the Waikato River from bluntly, was on Thursday the scene of activity resembling that when preparations were being made for tlie funeral of Te Rata. Wholesale cooking in readiness for the arrival of the hundreds of Maoris from other parts of the North Island to he the guests of the Waikato people was in progress. It was expected that several thousand Maoris would be at Waahi yesterday. The occasion of the meeting of the tribes, besides commemorating the coronation of the first Maori “king,” Rotatan to Whorowhero, ancestor of Koroki, as far back ns 1858, will enable discussions to be held on. matters affecting the Maori race. There were, consultations on subjects concerning the Tainui canoe group of tribes, of which the Ngati-Mahuta tribe, the “king’s” clan, is a member. Policy matters referring to tribes throughout New Zealand will be discussed.