UNUSUAL MEMORIAL
RECOGNITION OF MAORI ART By Telegraph—Press Association NEW PLYMOUTH, April 17 An unusual centenary memorial is proposed by the New Plymouth Borough Council, which has obtained a report on the replacement of the Maori’s carved pole which stood for years beyong the eastern boundary of the borough as a memento of the efforts of the Maoris to check the spread of European settlement to lands allotted to the natives by Governor Fitzroy in 1845. Known as Pou Tutaki meaning, locking up, the pole was a typical example of the Taranaki Maori art which had its own peculiar characteristics. It stood until 1870.
A record of the carving is contained in photographs in the Taranaki museum which will serve to guide the Maori carver if the proposal is approved.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21323, 18 April 1939, Page 6
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130UNUSUAL MEMORIAL Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21323, 18 April 1939, Page 6
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