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MOVIETONE NEWS: MĀORI LEADER LAID TO REST

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Year
1950
Reference
F38356
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1950
Reference
F38356
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Newsreel
Duration
0:01:45
Production company
FOX MOVIETONE
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
Camera: Roger Mirams
Producer: H G Guinness

News Reel coverage (with commentary) of the tangi of Māori leader Sir Apirana Ngata (1874-1950) at Tikitiki near Gisborne. In attendance are The Prime Minister, Mr Sid Holland, Minister of Māori Affairs, Mr Corbett, and Peter Fraser. Poi dance performed. School children lead the funeral party up a hill where Ngata is to be buried. Members of the Māori Battalion act as pall bearers. Guns fired in salute beside the family urupa overlooking tracts of farmland.