PICTURESQUE MAORI WEDDING

Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1947, Page 4

PICTURESQUE MAORI WEDDING

Tli^O >i'ELL- KNCi WN PAMILIES Agairist a pletufSsqiie. s§tting j^f the Mahiriarangi Meeting House,' Rafaela Joeelyn Daphne, voungest daughtei* df Mr ; and hfr'S.- H-; Perife, ■ was married recently to Te Matfe, gidest sdh of Mr. and .Mrs.- H. Kopua, Tokomaru Bay. Mahinarafigi, hdhied .after the ancest-ress 6f the' Nplti F&iikaWa tribe1, Was a fltting plafed' fdf fhe deremony as the bride's, p'arents are descendants of Mafiiriafafigi and the bride^ro'diii is diSo deSdehae'd. frdih. MdhinarahgiJs .Sister, Rupuphke. Tniis desceftdan't ffiarried ddscendarit. . . . > The tirlde ehterd'd the me'etiflg ho'iis'e dn th§ dfm 6f H&r f athfer , and lodke'd vefy attr'active' iii a trairied gO'Wh of embd'sfefed Silk, Wdfri witli pea-rlS ahd a deep cfearh ^'eil; feaiight .ih a wfeath of fldwers ofi hdr h§&d drid fOrhiing a second tr airi; She e'arrie'd a shoWe'f. boudtiet df beiladdhna lilies ahd iriaidehhair ffern,- ahd ihaae with a florai hdrseshofe. Mrs.Rdngi MeHdnald, sistef Of the bfide, . attPhded as matrori of liondur aird • was daintilt gowned in a frock of satin-fihished pink ;ilk, With Whieh she. Wore a ' flOral hSndeati hnd earrie'd a bouddet of matching fldwers. The. bridegrddm waS attended by his cousih, Mr. Sid Kopua. The Rev. P". Temitera officiated.- , At the receptidrtf held in the Koputaroa Hall, many guests from all- parts of the North Island, as well as many loeal friends,- were Weicomed by the bride's parents. FolloWihg the' wedding breakfast Mr, Ray Peney . acting as M.C., eailed on Mr.- Honi McMillan to we'leome the visitors, this being done in the . traditional . Maori fashion. Another elder,. Mr. .D. Tatana, was called upon to add a few words of weicome. After the usuai toasts were honotired,. the bride cut ,the attractive threetiere'd weddihg cake. An uniisual feature wsts that both sexes todk part m the speec.hes Wnieh pfeceded the toasts. iteriis arid.music were supfjlied by Mr, W. McMiflah. The beautifiil , presehts, Which were dn display, bore striking testirrioriy to the pdpularity of the you'ng co.uple. Mrs.- Kopua had pr'eviusly, heeh ; trie giidsf of hohpur at a kitcndh fga afrahged, by tlie ladies of the K o ph t a r oa d iSjf; r i c t . (