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Te Ao Hou, September 1963, Page 14

Happy birthdays are mounting up for one of the oldest citizens of Auckland, Mrs Rawhina Tai Timu, of 31 Watene Cresent, Orakei, who is believed to be 113. Her family and friends sent her birthday greetings last month, but Mrs Timu, who lives with a foster-daughter, will not have a birthday party because she refuses to eat European food. Kumaras and Maori bread are the mainstay of her diet, and she does not take sugar or salt, though recently she has begun to put a little butter on her home-made bread. Mrs Timu was born in the Waiuku district and lived in Helensville for many years before coming to Auckland. Theo Schoon Photo For many months a team of carvers at Temple View, near Hamilton, have been making the carvings for a Maori village which is to be erected as part of the Polynesian cultural centre which the Mormon Church is building at Hawaii. They have been working under the supervision of the well-known carver John Taiapa, M.B.E. (above), who over the last 30-odd years has carved, and supervised the carving, in an incredibly large number of new meeting-houses. A Maori Mormon choir of 120 people will visit Hawaii this October for the opening of the cultural centre, later going on to the United States.