MAORI MEETING AT KIHIKIHI.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 162, 7 June 1909, Page 2

MAORI MEETING AT KIHIKIHI.

<*► 1 The recent Maori gathering at Kihi- • kihi has keen ever, less fruitful than the usual run cf suer. meeting's, in that the- Hon. A. I. Ngsta. at whose instance the a:Ta:r was arranged, failed tc nut in an at_nearan.ee. Ivains/u and Mahuta were a.so c:.:cc to appear; but only :!:<? latter turned up. two or three davs late. ant. uncer tne circumstance-. he. toe. might just as well have stayed at home. Mr Baiiantyne of the Survey Department, and Mr Holland. Registrar of the Native Land Court, both proceeced to iviftikshi on Monday, armed v.hth plans and details of the various blocks to be submitted to the meeting.. r.av.ng received no notiec from, the derartment of the adm urnmont of the event, arc they have r-jt bn a wasted wee.-: at ivihikihi. T>-a _ he second occasion on which the Natives nave come in from all : art; bringing with them large quantities of food of all descriptions, with -V- •• . d' that tens cf kumeras and potatoes have been destroyed, and in mam.' instances, seme rapes > fare somewhat badly curing tne winter. : these eesrcnisble for deserves tne most severe condemnation. it e'ddence that they i.. a v. : . net the present or future well being cf the Natives very deeply at heart.