MAORI DINNER AT THE HUTT.
Our Maori friends"of the Lower Hutt gave a public dinner pa .Friday last at 5-p! in. A large and convenient booth was erected for. this purpose near the native village at Waiwetu. It "was capable, of "accommodating about 300 persons at table and was very tastefully decorated with ' tlie various shrubs', aud flowers of the season.' We"Understand' that Wirotmi Tako and Teßopiha (Hobbs) Moturoa were the principal movers in the matter, but tlint many' others' contributed to the expense which could have bceu little, if any .-.thing, less -than £400. About.Boo natives were present—the largo tent being\ nearly filled a second time, and tho various 'tribes'from Waitotara,-to the North of Waiiganui, -all /along the Western coast, and froui Wajrarapa," were represented. Wo have seen many native, feast?,..-but- this occasion was unique in ils character, "partaking
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Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1323, 16 February 1859, Page 3
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140MAORI DINNER AT THE HUTT. Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1323, 16 February 1859, Page 3
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