Picturesque Maori mats and other native ornaments gave a distinctive note to the crowd surging round the dais in the course of the Maori concert at Cook’s Gardens kist night. Much humour, a lot of it unintentional, brightened the programme. At the close of the performance an impressive haka was given by about 50 men. kill stripped to tho waist.. The marshalling of the war-dancers was no small undertaking, and took some time. “Hurry up. I’m cold, ’ ’ cried one of the hul I - naked Maoris, to the vast amusement of the crowd.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19748, 22 January 1927, Page 6
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