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(Te Rangi Hiroa [Buck, Sir Peter Henry]). SPECIAL KORERO / IN HONOUR OF PAST-RANGATIRA / SAVAGE SIR PETER BUCK at 7.45 p.m. on Saturday, 5th February, 1949 in Te Hapu, Lewis Eady Hall, Queen Street, Auckland. (Program). SIGNED by Peter Buck/Te Rangi Hiroa.
(Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland Savage Club, 1949). 1949). Very good
- Small octavo, 4-page program printed in black & red on cream stock. Cover illustration depicting Te Rangi Hiroa in Maori dress holding a "taiaha" & a full-page black-and-white illustration on the third page showing a river scene with a Maori in ceremonial costume being rowed in a carved boat towards a temple on the bank. The program is lightly bumped with a few tiny stains & a small ink mark to the outer pages. Very good. Signed on the front cover of the program to the right of the illustration: "Peter H. Buck. / (Te Rangi Hiroa)." The two inner pages of the program list the officials of the Auckland Savage Club and announce the honored guest: "We welcome back to te Hapu one of New Zealand's most distinguished sons, our well-beloved Past-Rangatira, Te Rangi Hiroa, / Savage Sir Peter Buck / Thrice welcomed by all in his native land, but by none more warmly than by his Savage brethren. The third page, to the left of the illustration lists the thirteen stages of the ritual to be enacted. Te Rangi Hiroa [Sir Peter Henry Buck] [circa 1877 to 1951] was the only child of William Henry Buck. Though raised by Buck and his wife Ngarongo-ki-tua, Te Rangi Hiroa was born to a surrogate mother, a relative of Ngarongo-ki-tua, when the couple found themselves unable to have children. He was a leading member of the Ngati Mutunga Maori iwi, and was a doctor, health administrator, military leader, politician, anthropologist and museum director.
Price:
125.00 USD
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