WHAKATAETAE TENEHI ITU KI ROTORUA.

Toa Takitini, Issue 57, 1 May 1926, Page 394

WHAKATAETAE TENEHI ITU KI ROTORUA.

(Na Hohepa te Tatere.) ... IT. E tau 1925 itu te whakataetae tenehi ate Iwi Maori kite marae o Ngati Kahungunu ara ki Taniwaka (Dannevirke) . No tera huihuinga ka haere iho ate Arawa me ta ratau powhiri kia haere nga Iwi ki to ratau marae hoki whakataetae ai a tenei tail e haere iho nei. No te mutunga o te whakataetae ireira ka kitea no Whanganui te tiima i kaha, a riro ana ano ia ratau te Kapu a Marumaru, a whakaaengia ana e ratau te powhiri a te Arawa. No tenei tau 1926 itu te whakataetae teneihi kirunga ite IVlarae ote Arawa, ara kite Papa-i-o-uru. Kanui te mihi o nga iwi i eke kirunga ki tenei marae, ara ki nga whakahaere otaua Hui. ' Tuatahi —Nga whakahaere a te Komiti Tenehi i nga whakataetae i te Papa-purei, i te pai o te haere o nga mahi mete pai hoki o te awhina a te hunga e purei ana, ara tere whakarongo kinga karangaranga a te Komiti. Kahore rawa he raruraru. Ka waiho hei matakitaki ma te Iwi Pakeha, . hei mihi hoki kia tatau kite Iwi Maori mo te rangimarie o nga tangata e whawhai ana ki tetahi ki tetahi i runga i te papa-purei. Tuarua:—Nga whahaere i te Marae. Kahore rawa he raruraru ipa k irunga ki tenei Marae. Ahakoa te nui o te tangata kore rawa he haurangi, kore rawa ranei tetahi kupu kino i rongona ite wa e hui ana. No reira ka nui te mihi o te Arawa ki nga Iwi i eke kirunga ki to ratau marae kite pai o te noho me te awhina a ia Iwi a ia Iwi. Tuatoru: Heoi ano te kupu e rongona nuitia ana a nga manuhiri he mihi kite pai rawa ote manaaki aTe Arawa i nga mahi katoa epa ana kite Hui. Kei te mihi ki nga whare moe, whare kai, me nga Weita ataahua, me nga Kuia kaore nei i moea te po ite whakaaro nui ki te tiaki pai i a ratau manuhiri.

* 7 °« n0 V 6 l" gar fv, e haere ana te wllakatae tae Aperira 2. 4* 5, 6, 7, 8- Tekau (10) nga iwi nunui i. eke te whawhai kite £ apu , a Marumaru. Komei e whai ake nei :—Whanganui, Tamatea, Takitimu-, Te Arawa, Horouta, To«|ariro, Ngati . Whatua, Kurahaupo, Taranaki, me Waikato. " S . . f* 5 , 1 *? 1 h ! 11 k . ataea.te mutunga mai ote nui o tenei mahi k /. Nu ' riren i " el - rt K “ . I te maha ?-•“«« wkakaChanipiont i Jo? 3 ° 6, Hamka P« Events 306, Marumaru Cup 72 total, 684. * ~ . ‘ -f. . H . ui whakataetae ate Pakeha mo Nui Tireni katoaT tu k iChristchureh i te Kmhimete nei e 248 ano, ka kite iho ai tatau i te nui o ta tatau mahi. , Komei e whai ake nei nga kaha T whiwlii i te Hui i Rotorua.- , . v . ■' . m ■ _ ■- , ■ *“■ W& * . . "4 MARUMARU CUP COMPETITION. Nga turn a i noho kite whainara (Final) i tera tau 1925 i Tamwaka:— Holders, 1925, Whanganui: (1) D. Potae, (2) P Hunnui, (3) Miss R.. Cray, (4)' Miss Hurinui. Runners-up: Tamate a: (1) P. Winitana, (2) T. Meha, (3) Mrs. Kani (4) Miss M. Pone. * MARUMARU CUP COMPETITION (Rotorua, 1926). v /Vo te Heheretari ( R. Roycd ) enei tvhakaatu. First Round.—Whanganui B (10 sets, 60 games') beat Takinmu B (0 sets, 29 games) ; Arawa B (10 sets, 60 games) beat v aiiiatea B (0 sets, 14 games') . ' ■ Second Round.— Whapgaiiui (10 sets, '{(2 games) beat Holouta A (3 sets, 55 games) ; Ara\va B (1 Ose'ts, 55 games) beat Tongariro A (0 sets 22 games) ; \ Whanganui A (10 sets, 60 games) beat Ngdti Whatua (o*ets, 20 games); Takitimu A won from Tongariro B by default; Arawa A (10 sets 60 games) beat Horouta B (0 sets, 25 games); Kurahaupo A won from Ngati Whatua B by default; Tamatea A (8 sets, 43 games beat Kurahaupo B (3 sets, 31 games) ; Taranaki wins from Waikato by default. Third Round. Arawa A (9 sets, 70 games) beat Takitimu A (7 sets, 64 games); Whanganui B (11 sets, 69 games) beat Kurahaupo A (3 sets, 56 games): Wanganui A (10 sets, 60 games) betfp Arawa B. (0 sets, 20 games) Tamatea A won by default frqm Taranaki. Fourth Round. —Arawa A (9 sets, 8§ games geat Whanganui B (3 sets, 56 games) ; Whanganui A (10 sets, 60 games) beat Tamatea A (0 sets, 25 games) . Final. Whanganui A (12 sets, 95.games) beat Arawa A (8 sets, 84 games) .. Whanganui A te toa mo te Kapu a Marumaru a ka riro ia ratau tenei Kapu mo enei marama te kau ma rua (12 months).

Koinei e mau ake nei nga tiima i roto i te whainara (Final) „ Whanganui A (winning team) : (1) Pei te Hurinui Jones, (2) Tukere te Anga, (3) Mrs. P. H. Jones, (4) Mrs. P. Potaka. Arawa A (runners-up) .—(1) Vernon Moore, (2) Phillip, Howell, (3) Miss Rose Karepe, (4) Mrs. O. Anderson.

MAORI CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Men’s Championship Singles and Arawa Trophy (carved racket). —Final: P. H. Jones (Whanganui) beat Tukere te Anga (Whanganui), 6 6—5, 6—l. Ladies’ Championship Singles and Hinerapa Challenge Cup. —Final: Miss E. Hale (Gisborne) beat Miss R. Gray (Whanganui), 6—l. —l. Men’s Championship Doubles and Morehu Turoa Challenge Cup.— P. H. Jones and Tukere te Anga (Whanganui) beat D. Potae and T. Peina (Whanganui), 6—4, 6—4, 56, 62. Ladies’ Championship Doubles and Tairawhiti Trophy.— Final: Miss E. Hale and Miss K. Hei (Gisborne) beat Mrs. P. H. ones and Mrs. P. Potaka (Whanganui), 6—l, —l. Mixed Championship Doubles.Final: E. Howell and Miss R. Karepe (Arawa) beat P. H. Jones and Mrs Jones (Whanganui), 6—5 ,4 —6, 6—2. Men’s Handicap Singles.— D. Potae (Whanganui) beat W. Emia (Whanganui), 60—45. Ladies’ Handicap —Final: Miss J. Rukutai (Auckland)' beat Mrs. McLeod (Kurahaupo), 50—37. Men’s Handicap Doubles.Final: H. Sidney and P. Tureia (Takitimu) beat R. Royal and H. Manahi (Arawa), 6058. Ladies’ Handicap Doubles.Final: Miss P. Rukutai (Auckland) and Miss Iri Hall (Arawa) beat Mrs. A. McLeod and Mrs. Katene (Kurahaupo), 50—39. Mixed Handicap Doubles.—Final: D. Potae and Miss R. Gray (Whanganui) beat T. Hiroti and Miss Hurinui (Whanganui), —35.