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In 1924-25 T.W Rātana and members of the Rātana Church conducted a World Tour. This tour encompassed the British Empire, Europe, Asia and the Americas. Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana wished to present Māori grievances over the Treaty of Waitangi to an international audience and have them recognised within the framework of International Law.
This silent black and white film documents the group in San Francisco during the American leg of the World Tour which took place in 1925 and included Canada, the United States of America and Mexico.
He rōpūMāori tēnei e huihui ana me ētehi tāngata ki te māra mo te kāmera.
(E mau ana I ngā hākete Mōrehu) Kua tango whakaahua o te whare karakia
me tētehi pikitia o Ihu Karaiti e kauhau ana ki runga puke.
I te tau 1925 I hāreere haere a T. W. Rātana i te ao me wētehi Mōrehu o Te Hāhi Rātana. E tata ana a Stanford
Memorial Church ki te whare wānaga o Stanford ki Hato Paraniko, Karapōnia.
Ānei te pae tukutuku mō tā rātou nei haere me ngā whakamārama.
www.theratanachurch.org.nz/worldtour.html
PAN L Across a group of Māori men and women wearing Mōrehu uniform standing in park posing and waving to the camera. A handful of European woman stand with them.
GV Exterior, facade, carved arches and arcades of the Stanford Memorial Church including mosaics and stained glass windows.
MS Rātana delegation walking from Stanford Memorial Church.
WS Mosaic on facade of church.
WS Rātana delegation and other people walking in quad outside Stanford Memorial Church.
The following website has an account of the world tour and explains the reasons for it: www.theratanachurch.org.nz/worldtour.html