Page 4 - 1973 News Clippings

PUBLIC MEETING CALLED

Efforts made to set

up museum in town

Efforts are to be made was felt to be an ideal venue building would be an ideal
to establish a museum in and permission to use the venue for a museum which
Ngaruawahia. building for such a purpose would serve Ngaruawahia
A public meeting to had already been gained and district and which would
gauge interest in the from the Tainui Trust Board, be of interest to New
proposal has been called for she said. Zealanders and overseas
tomorrow night and it is visitors.”
hoped that suggestions will HEADQUARTERS “The cost of setting up
be put forward and a steering such an establishment would
committee set up to The house was be a big factor,” Mrs
investigate the cost and originally build in 1919 as Gregory added.
details involved in such a the headquarters of the “It would probably take
scheme. Maori King Movement. In years, but at least a start
The meeting will be later years it served both as a could be made and such a
held in Turangawaewae medical clinic and a s a building would be of benefit
House in Ngaruawahia — venue for Maori land courts. to all future generations.”
the proposed home for the During recent years Mrs Gregory said
museum. however, the building which tomorrow night’s meeting
According to Mrs D. is right in the centre of the would judge the public’s
Gregory, secretary of the town has been used only for support for a museum and
Turangawaewae Marae meetings of the trust board. further plans would be made
Committee, which instigated For the remainder of the year after that.
the proposal, there has been it has remained empty. The meeting will be
talk for a long time of “It seemed a shame that chaired by the Mayor of
establishing a museum in the such a building was lying Ngaruawahia, Mr A. M.
town. dormant for so long.” said Latta.
Turangawaewae House Mrs Gregory. “It is felt the

Teacher to be new president

Mr Frank Ives will be the will take office on July 1. years and has also been
next president of the Ngarua- Mr Ives is a Ngaruawahia prominent in the activities of
wahia Lions Club. resident originally from the the Waikato region of the Post
The annual formal United States. He is a teacher Primary Teachers Association.
election of officers will take at Ngaruawahia High School. The current president of
place on Wednesday, but only He has been active in the the Lions Club is Mr A. M.
Mr Ives had been nominated Ngaruawahia Lions Club in a Latta, Mayor of Ngaruawahia.
when nominations closed. He variety of spheres for some