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Mawai E Hari
Mawai e hari te kupu te aroha
Ki te manu kotuku e tu ake nei
Ma aku ringaringa e whaka mana me whirinaki whirinaki
Ka eke ki runga
Ko wai tenei e tu atu nei
Ko te iwi Maori e tu atu nei
Kia ora kourua haere mai.
Who Will Convey My Message
Who will convey my message of loyalty to my Sovereign who sitteth before me.
With my very own hands will I bear it to my Sovereign on high and to her consort.
Who am I that darest to approach thy sacred presence?
Tis I, Tis the People of Aotearoa.
Good luck, welcome, and then farewell.
The formal welcome in the evening. The verse above is one of the action songs specially written for the occasion.
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Upper left: Piki, daughter of Maori King Koroki, speaks to the Queen. Lower left: Mr M. R. Jones of Otorohanga is presented. Below: Mrs Eruera Tirikatene meets the Duke.
In a ceremony outside the meeting-house on the Waitangi marae, the Queen and the Duke were introduced by the Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon. J. R. Hanan, to a group of sixty eminent Maoris coming from all parts of New Zealand.
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The Rt. Rev. W. N. Panapa, Bishop of Aotearoa, meets Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.
