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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 10 (January 1, 1937)

Restoration of the Past

Restoration of the Past.

The great terraces, sheltered levels and slopes of the ancient pa will be peopled again for awhile; thatched whares will once more stand where the pre-pakeha workers and warriors lived within the defences of two centuries ago; the park of Maunga-Kiekie will resound again with dance and song, and the great war-gong will again send its summons across the plains. That is the plan before the Auckland and Waikato leaders; and there is linked up with it the ideal of a noble memorial to the race. A great memorial to the glory of the Maori people was an ideal of Sir John Campbell; he did not live to give effect to it but he made a certain provision for it in his will. The restoration of the old headquarters of Ngati-Whatua at Orakei, too, is an ideal that every friend of the Maori will support. The general idea is one to commend; we may expect it to be developed in detail during next year.