BURIAL AT WAITARA

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1060, 26 August 1930, Page 16

BURIAL AT WAITARA

SIR MAUI POMARE’S GRAVE NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday. Upon a high bluff within the enclosure of Manukorihe Pa, overlooking the town and placid river of Waitara, is the almost completed vault which, on Sunday, will receive the casket containing the ashes of Sir Maui Pomare. The vault will ultimately be the base for a monument in memory of Sir Maui and another great Maori leader, Wiremu Kingi. Behind the memorial are the buildings of the pa. To the left is the old cemetery wherein lie so many ancient Maori warriors. On the right, beyond the road, is a slope to the sea. In front and below is the river and the town of Waitara. Beyond the rolling acres of green stands the statelv cone of Egmont. Upon the arrival of the casket at Waitara on Friday morning, four Maoris, dressed in mats similar to those worn by their forefathers, will

i bear the ashes to the pa. where t casket will be placed in a small tenuntil the final obsequies on Sunday The T>aranaki Maoris are preparations for thousands of visito. to the pa. Many have already including parties from the Island and one family front Chatham Islands. A supply of to has been collected, and includes o> eels and 10 tons of potatoes.