A Chinese service was held for the first time in the old historic Maori church, at Otaki on Sunday last. The service was conducted in Cantonese by Mr. Fong Lai Law, Anglican Chinese missioner, from Wellington, while assistance was rendered by the Rev. Te Muera Tokoaitua, the resident Maori clergyman. .The congregation comprised Chinese and Maoris in almost equal numbers; a Maori lady officiated at the organ. The effect of the hymns •ung to the same tune in both Maori and Chinese was rather strange. The "Maoris asked at the c»nclusi»n of the service that the next time such a service was held an interpreter might be present to translats the sermon into Maori or English, /
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1916, Page 6
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