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Maori Culture Graham Anderson is a Wellington student who wrote this oration for a broadcast last year. The writer considers that the Maori should hold fast to his language and such customs as the “Tangi”, that is the ceremony of lamenting the dead, the “Hui” with all its ritual, speech making on the courtyard…marae…singing of chants and the performing of war dances…“hakas”. The retention of these attributes of the Maori is essential for its survival as a race.

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Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 15

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Maori Culture Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 15

Maori Culture Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 15