It is said, remarks the Wanganui. “Chronicle,”* that there is nothing new under the sun. A well-known local native remarked to a “ Chronicle ” reporter that the Maoris have always had community singing. “In the old days,” lhe said, “they used to all sleep in one big whare. The first to wake up in the morning would start to hum, and the rest would then jion in.”
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4456, 21 August 1922, Page 1
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