Polynesian Club
p. 39 · Read in the full issue
IN October the Polynesian Club, Sydney, gave a welcome to Messrs. Bruno Reymond '(who was in Sydney for a brief trip from New Guinea), Ward Whaitiri (of the Ngati Poneke Club, Wellington, N.Z.), and Les Penny (of Vavau, Tonga).
Led by Ward Whaitiri and with guitar music by Les Penny, the club members demonstrated various Polynesian dances, including the action song “Ko wai tenei”, eulogising Sir Apirana Ngata, the Maori Parliamentarian. In honour of the Ton gan guest, the ladies performed the “ma’ulu’ulu” and “sa sa”.
Among the many guests were: Madame Andriesse and Mr. Jim Andriesse (Java), Misses Ivy Buffett and Olive Quintal (Norfolk Island), Miss C. Hellesoe (Apia, Samoa), Mr. Rua Gilman (Gisborne.
N.Z.), Miss H. Maher (a charming Maori girl, from Rotorua), Mr. and Mrs. Keith Strachan (Butaritari, Gilbert Islands), Mr. Colin Moore (a young Maori journal ist, from Auckland), Miss Ida Everett (Norfolk Island), Mrs. Lamacraft (Nu kualofa, Tonga). Mrs. Katerina Nehua Darley (Kaikohe, N.Z.).
The Polynesian Club Little Theatre Group will shortly present several plays founded on old legends. These will in clude the “Whaikorero of Tinirau and the Whale”, “Kava of the Dead” (a story
of the Milu legend of Niue), and “Bitter Taro” (a Maui tale from Mangaia).