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LAMENT
(He kotuku rerenga tahi)
Kotuku rising
white wings
etch the sunrise,
glissade against the dawn.
Her flauting flight
svelt harmony
skates across the sky crest.
The symmetric soaring
flaunting cataracts
of tumbled cloud
conjures ecstacy
within a soul
enflamed:
A watcher
stark upon the marshes
tenuously tethered,
in spirit inexplicably united
yearning embodiment
in the flying
to the realms
beyond the dying.
L. S. W. Duncan
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Centenary of Maori Bible
The British and Foreign Bible Society, which produced the first Maori Bible in 1868, has been in consultation with Maori Church leaders to plan celebrations to mark the centenary, in next April and May.
The Director-General of the Post Office has agreed to the issue of a commemorative postage stamp to mark the occasion, a special illustrated edition of three books of the Bible in English and Maori is to be printed, and Dr ‘Amanake Hauea of Tonga has accepted an invitation to speak at the centennial celebrations in several main centres.
As a permanent memorial, the Maori people are to present a carved display case to house the historic Maori Scriptures and manuscripts held by the Society at its headquarters in Willis Street, Wellington.
Statue Unveiled
At October's centennial celebrations at St. Joseph's Maori Girls' College, Greenmeadows, Bishop O. N. Sneddon unveiled and blessed a statute of St. Joseph as a Maori, with the
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The Department of Maori Affairs, Wollington, has been holding for some time a Maori Shoulder Cape and a greenstone pendant which were handed to the Department by the Post Office's ‘Dead Letter Office’, who could find no trace of either sender or addressee.
If you own these articles, please write to
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, Box 2390, Wellington.child Jesus, presented to the College by past pupils.
The figure, the work of Mr J. Gown, Wellington, shows St. Joseph as the worker, the protector, and the provider. St. Joseph holds the child Jesus on his left arm inside his cloak, symbolising the protection of Maoridom. In his right hand he holds a greenstone adze, symbol of his trade, and at his feet a gourd and a basket of kumara show him as the provider.
Hundreds of people from all over the country attended the celebrations, where they enjoyed meeting old friends and fellow-pupils. Present pupils delighted the large crowd with their entertainment.
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