Others Will Follow

A feature which must give the Ngati Ranginui tribe a great deal of satisfaction was the reaction from several visiting tribal leaders who announced during the celebrations their determination to go ahead with some similar project to the fine buildings of Judea. This is a distinction in the field of cultural art for Ngati Ranginui which comes well as further proof that the work of the late Sir Apirana Ngata in promoting this aspect of Maori culture will still go on.

An interesting and valuable feature of the Souvenir Booklet is the inclusion of classical Maori poetry in the form of powhiri (welcome chant), waiata (old time songs), patere (tribal action songs of old), ngeri (war chant), karakia (ritual chants). These compositions enshrine the ancient and proud history of Ngati Ranginui.