GATHERING AT RUATORIA
Recordings of Hui Ceremonies
OME fine Maori carvings are dis-' played in the East Coast district of the North Island. Those in the Takitimu Hall, Wairoa, are an example. Now | another hall distinguished by fine Maori | carving has been built at Ruatoria, 84° miles by road north of Gisborne. This is to serve as a memorial to the men) who died in the late war while serving with the Maori Battalion. | The new hall is to be opened offici= ally this Friday, September 12, when about 700 Maoris will attend the cere- | monies. The party of visitors from Well- | ington will be augmented by Maoris | from Horowhenua, Manawatu and Hawke's Bay as the train goes through. Among those who will attend will be technicians of the NZBS who will take the mobile recording unit to record parts of the ceremonies. This van, which has been operating for more than a year, has already made programme recordings of life in the ‘Taranaki and East Coast | districts. It is proposed this week to record, mainly, a combined welcome by ‘school children to the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, and Lady Fteyberg, and it eat i of the tribal representativ This Saturday, September 13, at 7.10 p-m., listeners to Station 2YA will hear 20 minutes of the opening speeches. On the following Friday, September 19 (at 9.20 p.m.) they will also hear a 2YA broadcast of selections of Maori music sung at the hui. The ceremonies will be directed by Sir Apirana Ngata, |
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 429, 12 September 1947, Page 25
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