VISIT TO GALATEA Tamihana Te Rauparaha and fifteen other chiefs were invited to visit Prince Alfred on his ship, the Galatea. This visit is described in Tamihana's own words, in a letter to the Independent: ‘On gaining the deck we saluted the Queen's Flag. The Prince then met us and led us over his ship; but who can speak of the great excellence of this ship. After this, we went to see his room. It glittered like the rainbow arched in the sky. We sat down to dinner with the Prince. After we had finished, Mr Cooper (Native Secretary), said: ‘Tamihana, present the Motoi Kahurangi named Kaitangata to the Duke.’ I then gave him the greenstone, and with it an account of how it had descended to me. After I had given this greenstone of so great a name, there was no strength left in my body. When we took leave of the Prince he presented to each of us his own likeness.’
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Te Ao Hou, Royal Tour 1953, Page 14
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