MAORIS AT PLAY.
HOCKEY AND RUGBY MATCHES.
NEW PLYMOUTH, June 28.
Relaxing after the morning ceremonies at Maunkoriki Pa, the Maoris flocked to the camp reserve where Rugby and hockey matches were contested. The East Coast. Maoris beat the West Coast at Rugby by 22 to 17, thus winning the Tainui cup in. a vigorously, unorthodox game that was full of excitement. In an inter-tribal match, Ngatiawa defeated Te Arawa; 6/5. The Matariki (Hastings) Maoris scored a double victory by winning both the men’s and women’s hockey finals. These matches were the culmination of a week’s elimination games. The Matariki men outplayed Kahuranahi (Hawke’s Bay) by 2 goals to 0 and the Matariki women narrowly snatched victory from Raukawa (Horowhenua), by 1 goal to O.—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 29 June 1936, Page 6
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