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A group from the Latter Day Saints College, Hamilton, led by Alice Whauwhau, performs during the ceremony. Kuini Te Atairangikaahu accompanied by Te Waharoa Tarapipipi. Story and photographs by Bill Makin Members of the Legion of Frontiersmen at King Mahuta's monument.

Golden Jubilee of Old Maori Parliament On Saturday, 16 September, 1967, the old historical marae of Rukumoana, near Morrinsville, was alive with activity as men busied themselves preparing hangis, women prepared vegetables and cultural groups rehearsed items in readiness to welcome their Maori Queen Te Ata-i-Rangi-Kaahu and other official guests. The occasion was the Golden Jubilee of the opening of the old Maori Parliament known to older generations of Maoridom as the Kauwhanganui, and the 50th anniversary of the unveiling of the memorial stone of King Mahuta which stands majestically in the foreground of the Kauwhanganui. This was indeed a display of Maori-Pakeha unity, led by Queen Te Ata-i-Rangi-Kaahu and the Tumuaki of the Maori King Movement. Te Waharoa Tarapipipi Tamehana. Also present were the representative of the Piako County Council, Mr D. J. Thomas, the Mayor and Mayoress of Morrinsville, Mr and Mrs M. R. Wightman, and the Mayor of Hamilton and Chancellor of the Waikato University, Dr D. Rogers. The Government was represented by Mr J. F. Luxton, M.P. for Piako and Mrs Luxton, while the opposition was represented by Mr P. B. Reweti, M.P. for Eastern Maori, and Mrs Reweti. During the memorial service in which clergymen from many denominations took