FURNISHING MUSEUM

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 625, 30 March 1929, Page 1

FURNISHING MUSEUM

MAORI CANOES AND RELICS Now that the contractors have only the finishing touches to add to Auckland's War Mernoria Museum, many ° f , the «® r b ‘T have departed, and a tomb-like silence, broken only by the distant tap of a mallet or scrape of trowel reigns in the lofty interior. But ill odd corners men urc 'Yolkina quietly and steadily. carr> ing foiward the huge task of preparing the exhibits for permanent fixing m the stands, eases and alco\ es. From all appearances the work will i take a long time for, as jet onl> the largest of the Maori relics have been touched, and, here and there the floors |““ piled with cases and bundles of ; SP The IC three Maori houses, however, are in course of erection. A smiling native craftsman labours among bundles of toi-toi rods which will replace the decayed portions of the time-worn buildings. Two thousand rods have been be.inrpfi h V the Museum committee and tenders are .till open for 180 bundle, of 100. These are expected to be i offered shortly. Several of the larger war canoes arc i being renovated, and one or two arc 1 now fully equipped and ready for plat ing in the positions the> ill oc I cupy permanently.