BURIAL OF A MAORI CHIEF.
Auckland July 22
A Maori chief of the Tainui tribe, named Hauaua Rihari, died at Ngaruawhia on April 20th, The tribe arranged for the burial in their ancestral ground, at Raglan, but King Mahuta wished the body interred in the “ royal ” cemetery, Taupiri Mountain. A compromise was suggested, namely, that the body be cut in two, one-half to be buried at Raglan and the other half at Taupiri, but was not approved. After a long korero, Mahuta ostensibly yielded to the Tainui’s proposals, but arranged to have the body removed sureptitiously and buried at Taupiri, The Tainui chiefs disinterred the body, and, as a result, appeared at the Court charged with a breach of the Cemeteries Act. Mr Toughnan, S.M., decided that a breach of the Act had been committed. He said that the dead chief wished to be buried at Raglan, and it was only right he should be buried with his ancestors. Defendants did not know they were breaking the law, and he considered a conviction sufficient, without punishment or costs.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 869, 23 July 1910, Page 3
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178BURIAL OF A MAORI CHIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 869, 23 July 1910, Page 3
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