Majesty was singularly fitting in character and appropriate to the occasion of the Coronation. When I asked her how she felt when she was asked to make the headband she laughed. ‘I was sure I couldn't possibly do it well enough. The Maori Purposes Fund Board asked me to do it, and it took a lot of talking to persuade me. But once I had decided to make it I was very thrilled. I felt it was a great privilege and a great honour to my particular Welfare League that I should be asked. I realised then the great value of the art, and the very special effort I would have to make. Once you learn taniko you never lose the art, and many times when I was working on the headband I thought how easily I could have missed such an opportunity if I handn't paid attention to my aunt that day in Rotorua.
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Te Ao Hou, Royal Tour 1953, Page 54
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155Untitled Te Ao Hou, Royal Tour 1953, Page 54
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