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Ko Meihana Durie e whaikōrero ana; Palmerston North Centennial meeting

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Description: He hui mō te whakamaumaharatanga o te taenga mai o ngā tauiwi i te tau 1871. I tū te hui i muri i te whakaritenga karakia ki YMCA Stadium. Ko Meihana Durie ko te kaumātua o te iwi Rangitāne me Ngāti Kauwhata. Ko ia hoki e whaikōrero ana. I noho ia ki Aorangi, Feilding. E ai kī a Whaea Mita ko ngā tāngata kua whakaahuatia e whai ake nei. Ko muri o te whare: ko te whānau o Gordon Cruden tāua ko Patricia Cruden, i mua o rātou: ko Sam Mihaere, ko Bill Nepia rāua ko M. Sexton. Ko te nohohanga i mua: ko Kahu Hynes, ko tētahi tamaiti tāne, ko Pīhopa M. Bennett, ko ‘Lassie’ Mihaere, ko Kahu Durie, ko Huia Whakamoe, Ko Whaea Black rāua ko te Mea Black. A meeting during the Centennial Celebrations held after a church service at the YMCA stadium. The speaker is Meihana Durie from Aorangi, Feilding, and kaumātua of Rangitāne and Ngāti Kauwhata. At the back of the room: Gordon Cruden, City Councillor, his wife Patricia and children; in front of the Cruden family: Sam Mihaere City Councillor; Bill Nepia, Teachers' College; M. Sexton, City Councillor. In the front row: Kahu Hynes; a boy; Bishop M. Bennett; ‘Lassie’ Mihaere; Kahu Durie; Huia Whakamoe; Mrs Black; Mayor Black.