A NATIVE FESTIVAL
BIC GATHERING AT TE ORE 0R& Tlhe . Chrifefomais festival' which if being held by tihe Natives; at Te Oirtfr Ore is) attended by about six hum>dred Natives, includamg .visitors from. ' Hawke's Bay, Wangamii, Rbtarua* and" Marlborough.' Among the prom* iinent personages at tiie gathering are Mobi te AtaMkoia, Henare T» Atua, Biaia. Hwtana, ianguru Ttihua, . Te Ha'puku, Dan Love, and StttawwDa The latter was an unsuccessful am.* didate for tihe Southern Maorij conw istituency at the recent election. dhristmafs Bay •was' devoted largely; t» reiiigßous devotion's, and debated among the younger people, wfailtst sports amid nikae of various kind& ' were Indnflged; in yesterday. Then©.6si aa abundance of pnovAsiona at th») ipahj, vMkh are served k', a marquee iwdtih seaitang awomoaoda*ion Ti .for' two ikuada-etJ. Ifcja'cieif items on. tto» menu, appear tto be dried eels aaudL sWel-fiisb. The festival is to be coa«-
tinued until New Year's Day, Ifo* pah has been* visited) by hundreds of. Europeans during the last threfc(Says'. :
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10511, 27 December 1911, Page 4
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163A NATIVE FESTIVAL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10511, 27 December 1911, Page 4
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