Our main speaker this month will be Sue Cooper from Remuera Heritage. She is going to speak of “The Great Maori Feast” at Remuera, 11th May, 1844. Here is a contemporary painting of this event by Joseph Jenner Merett 1816 – 1854. It seems such feasts were not unusual in those days.  I am sure her talk will be fascinating.Out of interest I looked up the meaning of Remuera. This is what google has to say.The name Remu-wera comes from two words: remu meaning edge or hem and wera meaning burnt. It is said to relate to an incident when a visiting chieftainess was killed and put in an umu (oven), still in her piupiu (skirt).