Album of cuttings and photographs relating to 1911 Festival of Empire and subsequent career of 'Princess Iwa', 1910-1911

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File Box 10

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In 1910-11 Maggie Papakura (Makereti) led a party of about 50 Maori of the Te Arawa tribe to London where they assembled a Maori village and theatre at the Coronation Exhibition at White City. The newspaper cuttings deal with the Exhibition generally and in particular the Maori performers. They include a number of interviews with Makereti. There are also cuttings about the Maori rugby players who also visited England in 1911. The later cuttings, programs and photographs relate to the singing career of Princess Iwa (Evaline Skerrett). She remained in England when the tour ended and achieved fame as one of the finest contraltos of her time.

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M2421

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