Notable Wedding

Armstrong--Te Purei: At the Toko-Toru-Tapu Church, Kaiti, Waiehu Te Purei, grand-niece of Mrs Te Tawhi Paati, Makaraka, to Captain Alan Guy Armstrong, son of Mr and Mrs G. J. Armstrong, Auckland. The attendants are, from left: Lt Garry Vickers, Waiouru, Captain Allan Fraser, Burnham (best man), Mereana Waaka, Hamilton, niece of the bride (flower-girl). Anne Hughes, Wellington (chief maid), and Jill Armstrong, Auckland, sister of the groom. Future home, Wellington. (Mayfair Studios).

Mrs Armstrong is a grand-niece of the late Sir Apirana Ngata, and a niece of Mr Henry Ngata, Gisborne. Prior to her marriage, she was a check and training hostess with N.A.C. in Wellington.

Captain Armstrong is stationed at Army Headquarters, Wellington, and recently returned from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He had previously served in Malaya.

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Friends and relatives chartered an aircraft from Wellington to attend the wedding. In the centre of the group are the bride and groom and Mr and Mrs Henry Ngata.

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Prior to departing, the bride and groom joined their guests in an action song. From left: Mrs Bill Kerekere, a Wellington visitor, Mrs and Mr Armstrong, Mrs D. Nathan (Wellington), Mrs G. Nepe (Gisborne), Mr Bill Kerekere (Wellington).

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