THE CENTENNIAL
MAORI AMBITIONS
BIG SCALE PARTICIPATION
(By Telegaapb—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, December 28,
Maori participation in the New Zealand centennial celebrations, with particular reference to a national Maori gathering to Ibe held at Waitangi and those plannetl by the metropolitan executive of the Auckland Provincial Centennial Cojoncil, were discussed at Orakei by a tconference of about 30 chiefs and either representatives of tribes throughout New Zealand. Hie conference wan convened, unofficially by the tribes themselves to consider the part to ba- played by the Maori race in the celebrations, both national and local. . ;
It was decidisd to recommend that the national gathering at .Waitangi should be on i.a scale that would enable the whole, race to be represented b> tribal delegations of a size befitting the centeajiary of the treaty and larger than those which the Government was understood to have in mind.
A committee, was set up to report on other questions. Further sittings will be held, and it is expected that the full recomjjaendations of the conference will ba available by the end of the week.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 155, 29 December 1938, Page 11
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178THE CENTENNIAL Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 155, 29 December 1938, Page 11
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