TAWHIAO’S VISIT TO TAURANGA
Great preparations are now being made at Tanranga by the natives for the reception of the Maori King, who is expected there about the 28th instant, and will be welcomed in right royal style. Pohika (Fox), who is a relation of the Maori King, has collected, as a present for his royal kinsman, £9OO in notes, mats and other cariosities to the value of £6OO, and for some time past he has been accumulating a quantity of flour and sugar and various delicacies, with which he has completely filled his new house. -Fox is also to present to Tawhiao, if he will accept the gift, his new carved house in the pa, which he has erected at a great cost. The feast will be inaugurated and accompanied by a song of welcome and dancing, and will be brought to a close by the largest war dance that has ever been witnessed in, the district. The natives are now assembling in large numbers, aud it is estimated that several thousand will be present at the feast to welcome His Majesty.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1040, 28 May 1883, Page 3
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183TAWHIAO’S VISIT TO TAURANGA Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1040, 28 May 1883, Page 3
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