What about the workers? Away from the ceremonial of the marae itself, the success of the hui was being decided by hard and unacknowledged work. A line of hangi pits stretched out behind the kai tent, and scores of ringawera were busy cutting up the meat and taking it to the tables. At top left are a few of them, doing hot work on a hot day. Top right are some of the girls from Queen Victoria School who, distinctive in their black ties and lemon-yellow jerseys, waited at table and washed the dishes.
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Kaea, Issue 4, 1 September 1980, Page 18
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94What about the workers? Away from the ceremonial of the marae itself, the success of the hui was being decided by hard and unacknowledged work. A line of hangi pits stretched out behind the kai tent, and scores of ringawera were busy cutting up the meat and taking it to the tables. At top left are a few of them, doing hot work on a hot day. Top right are some of the girls from Queen Victoria School who, distinctive in their black ties and lemon-yellow jerseys, waited at table and washed the dishes. Kaea, Issue 4, 1 September 1980, Page 18
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