MAORI ARTS AND CRAFTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 92, 9 July 1927, Page 13

MAORI ARTS AND CRAFTS

SCHOOL SITE AT ROTORUA SCHOLARSHIP OFFER SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, To-day. * f or the Maori Arts and ra 'ts School was referred to by Jhe Hon. R. F. Bollard, Minister of internal Affairs, at the annual meeting of the board to-day. concern s us is whether the or «i Ol s £ ol,ld be at Whakarewarewa °p elsewhere,” he said. be possible to acquire conipn?o° • the model pa at Whakarewa.ln.d from the Tourist Depiirtment, fho * e^uve nate it as a "show place for Many visitors to Rotorua ar J ” hakarewarewa. By slightly reor3?}n^lns’ the present model pa, and enclosing a little more land, a splenpublic reception ground could be ;!P vid l ed at a slight cost of upkeep, ' Q l h e decoration of such a model art '\ ould be ideal work lor school of ...„ ?5 ude nts and the right atmosphere Houid be present. ... * understand that the necessary ty a Y* ns and textile arts could be „ t at Ohinemuri, and thus the local iwr ti° ns w ould be satisfied.” j , r * pollard added that in these parfin S “ mes they had to consider the n anciul barometer, which, being at u . ®.®pt set at “stormy,” the board sail ave to fake a #eef in its mainand be prepared to weather the it finer conditions appeared, in , ortun *tely, the board had started v ~ n f un Years but that would not prefn.- i. a & ood foundation being made i°i Us work. resoi* ®°bard added that the board had °* Ve d to make inquiries concerning in °f a building at Rotorua, d hich to start the school at an early Iten’ Und to also approach the Tourist th ft k tment for ten acres north-east of b a t h . h ouse. st t question of appointing an inTh« k Was referred to the committee, of eboard accepted Mr. Bollard’s gift provide £5 for five years udents in the arts school. o fr e ,’Minister also mentioned that an P ” ad come from the Rev. R. G. ot p °£ Auckland, of a scholarship B*. 8 *. . ° per year to assist young Maori Draot , u . nder the board. That was JHr indication of the interest of '*' oates taking in the welfare a tne movement. said Mr. Bollard. Waa hoped that many such ex°aS sympathy, would be offer-