IMPOSING TANGI AT KAIKOHE.
The remains of the late Mr Hone Heke, M.P., arrived at Ngawha on Feb. 16th, where they were awaited by a large gathering of natives. Next day the cortege, consisting of some 500 persons, arrived at Kaikohe, where one of the largest tangis ever held is in progress. The approach of the cortege was heralded by a volley from a look-out party situated upon a knoll near the roadside, after which a haka contingent marched out. with dancing and loud lamentations, and escorted the sad procession to the marae enclosure, where a raised platform had been constructed for the reception of the coffin. Women of the different tribes, dressed in black, and decorated with leaves, rent the air with heartrending wails, and beckoned the casket with evergreens towards its temporary resting place, where tribe after tribe knelt and paid its respects to the departed chief 'l'he ceremony was of a most impressive and affecting nature.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 8, 24 February 1909, Page 32
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159IMPOSING TANGI AT KAIKOHE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 8, 24 February 1909, Page 32
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