MAORI KING'S HOUSE
Maori carpenters and carvers are making steady progress with the work of preparing accommodation at the pa, Ngaruawahia, for King Koroki Mahutu te Wherowhero (states a Hamilton correspondent). The building is an addition to the existing meeting-house, Te Mahinarangi, and is 72ft long and 50ft wide. A verandah 47ft long is provided. The building consists of a dining-room, a .caretaker's room, a kitchen, and three bedrooms. In one corner a pentagonal tower is built. The main construction is completed, but a great deal remains to be done in the interior. European and Maori designs are combined in the construction, the finish being in Maori style. Leadlights, roofing, and walls will be decorated with Maori designs, and some fine carved figures are being prepared by Maori artists. Over the main door the King's coat of arms or paki-o-matariki, will be suspended. Clematis, pohutukawa, and kowhai will figure in the leadlighting in the door leading to Te Mahinarangi, the existing meeting-house. The opening of the King's dwelling has been fixed for March next, and the GovernorGeneral, Lord Galway, is expected to perform the ceremony. A, great gather-, ing of Natives will mark the opening, when Koroki will move his residence from Huntly to Ngaruawahia.
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Evening Post, Issue 37, 12 August 1936, Page 5
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