MAORIS TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF CANOE MIGRATION
The first of several gatherings to be held this year to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the coming of :the Maoris to New Zealand will .take place at Te Kaha on Saturday, descendants of the Maoris who arrived from the Society Islands and the Cook Group in the five canoes Tainui* Arawa, Tauira, Nuketere and Morouta, about the year 1350, will attend the unveiling of a memorial to their ancestors. . 1 1 Princess Te Puea, Ngaruawahia, Who is a descendant of Hoturoa, the -commander of the Tainui, has been invited to. the ceremony. .Monument Unveiling On the same day a monument to :Maori servicemen killed in the Second World War will be unveiled. The stone will be dedicated by the Bishop of Aotearoa, the Rt. Rev. F. A. Bennett. Another ceremony has been arranged to honour a former member oif the Te Kaha Maori • community, the late Mr Tiweka .Anaru, who was registrar of the Maori Land Court at Rotorua.. Te Kaha Maoris have erected a,carved jflagstaff, as a memorial 'to him. •Church services at which Bishop Bennett will officiate will be held on Sunday. The gathering has been organised by Sir Apirana _Ngata. Hundreds of Maoris from all • parts of the East- Coast will probably attend the ceremony in honiour of their ancestors. The five •canoes landed on the strip of coast ibetween Tauranga' and Whakatane, ■ and the occupants formed settlements,at various points. Tainui, the most famous member of “the fleet” which arrived in 1350, and Arawa, which gave its name to the tribe living around Rotorua, are well known. Tainui landed at Whangaparaoa, not far from Cape Runaway, before resuming its voyage to the '"Waitemata harbour and the west •coast of the North Island. Arawa anchored at Maketu, from -where her people spread inland. Not Well Known The other; three canoes,' Tauira, Nukutere, and Rorouta, are not so well known, mainly because they are believed to have arrived a hundred years or more before the migration. Nukutere landed at •Opape, not far. from Opotiki, and 'Tauira, Whangaparaoa. The landing place of Horouta is not so clearly defined, but the canoe is named by several East Coast subtribes as the one from which they originated. . ,
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 87, 18 January 1950, Page 5
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373MAORIS TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF CANOE MIGRATION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 87, 18 January 1950, Page 5
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