RHODES SCHOLARSHIP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 214, 10 September 1931, Page 9

RHODES SCHOLARSHIP.

NOMINATION OF MAORI CHIEF.

STUDENT IN CHRISTCHURCH.

iffeSCENDANT OP ARAWA TRIBE.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

• •. CHRISTCEfURCH, Wednesday; :• Af Maori dufef/ HireUe- Te Mokai Wikiriwhi, is one of the nominees selected by the> prof essorial;board of • Canterbury. Col;:lege y for ;a.;Rhodes The other nominee is Mr. R. M.Barrer. . , i- Hirene•''■Wikiiiwhi was born on May -2, cl 911 , :; a,nds was < educated at the Whaka.rewarewa - native school, Rotorua, from 1916 to He. attended Te Aute Col'lege from 1925 to 1928,(w0n two scholarthe, Public Service entrance examination : and gained' his matriculation. / ; ' '■ "! Arawa--Trust-and: Maori. Purposes Fund • Control - Boards . granted, him e special 1 leaving scholarship in 1929, enabling him to attend the. University. He is; studying for the bachelor of arts degree; and'is this year sitting his final section. He is keenly interested in football, lawn .tennis and swimming. On coming to Canterbury College ; in 1929 he played for the University senior A Rugby team; and represented the college against Otago. University - and the, Sydney University /toeing team. He was one 'v of ";.the :. nominees • for the - New Zealand • ' University ; football .team, which.';; visited Australia . recently. He has played /for: the South-Island Maori : tfeam; on "two occasions. > For the past ;two'(years.:he has been ruriner-up in the college: swimming championships. This year ; hhre r is ■ vice-captain ;■ of the i college /club • and .narrowly > missed < representing Canterbury in the New Zealand • University > tournament. , Wikiriwlii is a member of the Arawa ;trtb&?. As the son. of' a'chief he own'right, £ chief, and has. already taken Wi'aclive'part' in the councils'of the tribe at .Itotbrua.'He, is - looked; upon- as a f uturelea'der 1 among * the Maori people. ■Mr. fTtarrer-was .educated: at . the *Wairarapa';High -School and-entered college in ;1927 with¥a f National « Scholarship. Last - year he graduated B.Sc. He won for - chemistry and the Sir George ■ Grey* Scholarship for science. He -was also awarded 'a senior scholarAt'present he is doing • hon<)urs-"Work : for - the imaster of - science 3 degree. ' J