P.I. Club Entertains Maori Chieftainess
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Members of the Pacific Islands Club entertained Miss To Mauri Meihana, a chieftainess of the Te Arawa and Tuhoe tribes in New Zealand, at the Hotel Carlton, Sydney, on September 17.
Miss Meihana is an authority not only on Maori music, but also on the customs and tra ditions of her people. Islands visitors to famed Rotorua, will remember her as “Guide Molly”, who showed them the tourist sights.
In this group photograph taken at the gath ering are:—Front row (from left): Mrs. Wiki Byron (Rotorua); Miss Te Mauri Meihana (Te
Arawa Chieftainess, guest of honour); Lefaga- Olii (Mrs. A. Page, the P.I. Club’s Chieftainess).
Back row: Dr. H. lan Hogbin (President), Mrs.
W. J. A. Prentice (New Zealand Women’s As sociation); Mr. W. Taylor (N.Z. Trade Com missioner in Sydney); Mrs. T. W. Taylor (N.Z.W.A.), and Mr. Eric Ramsden (Secretary).
Mrs. Doris Booth, the well-known resident and authoress of Morobe District, New Guinea, who was also a guest of honour, left before the photograph was taken. —Photo.: Hood.