Remembering a great man – Sir Maui Pomare Roy Lovell – VIDEO  2:07

Sir Maui Pomare commemoration service at Manukorihi Pa, Waitara.

Their Excellences the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Fergusson, and Lady Fergusson visited Manukorihi Pa, Waitara, on Sunday 28 June 1964, to take part in the annual service in remembrance of Sir Maui Pomare.

Both he and Lady Fergusson were admitted as members of the Taranaki tribes when on behalf of those present, 84 year old Mrs Ngati Watson presented each of them with three white feathers, the emblem of Te Whiti and of the trinity.