JERUSALEM, N.Z.
Sir-I was mtch interested in an article (August 28) describing the Maori village of Jerusalem, near Gisborne, called by the Maoris Hiruharama. For some years I lived at another Jerusalem on the Wanganui River, and it was alsy called Hiruharama by the Maoris. I believe there is also a third Jerusalem in the North Auckland district, and still another somewhere in Otago. The one on the Wanganui River was named by the early French missionaries, and it was here that the late Rev. Mother Mary Joseph Aubert first established a Home of Compassion and a mission school for the Mdoris. At that time Jerusalem was a stronghold of the Maori chieftains, who were still warlike. At the island of Motua, a short distance below Jerusalem, a fierce battle was fought between two enemy tribes, It was here that one of the missionaries, Brother Euloge, lost his life trying to prevent the Maoris from slaughtering one arother, Jerusalem is beautifully situated in native New Zealand scenery and has quite a history.
C.M.
L.
(Christchurch),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 743, 9 October 1953, Page 5
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175JERUSALEM, N.Z. New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 743, 9 October 1953, Page 5
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