Maori Cultural Festival

Maori action songs, poi solos, hakas and colourful Maori costumes, in fact all types of entertainment normally associated with the Maori, provided seasonal workers at Motueka with an evening to remember when the Maori Cultural Festival was held at Motueka last month. Present at the function were such notable persons connected with Maori welfare as Colonel Charles Bennett, assistant secretary for Maori Affairs, Father F. Wall, Maori Missioner, and Mr W. Herewini, controller of Maori welfare for New Zealand.

(Pix by Shuker and Penketh, Motueka).

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Motueka school girls had their place in the programme: Heather Sangstar, Christine Taylor, Lorraine Rowntree, Christine Rowntree.

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Ron Poinga and Don Kurei, Dovedale, were darts champions.

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Helena Whakane and Ross Matthews (Sandy Bay team) were table tennis champions.

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The Sandy Bay concert party.