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Te Ao Hou, Spring 1954, Page 50

throughout the North Island. On the Saturday morning of my visit. a little bus with a wealth of memories for thousands of boys and men stood in the back yard loading on its passengers for Palmerston North. The match to be played was one of the annual events dating almost to the days of Sir Apirana Ngata. The captain. Lennie Ranapia, told me he hoped it would be wet, because he could then use his heavy pack to the best advantage. * * * Maori women, on their own and as partners with their husbands, have featured prominently among place-winners in the Ahuwhenua Trophy competition for excellence in Maori farming in recent years. The dairy farming trophy for 1954 was won by Mrs Mihi Stevens, of Okaihau, North Auckland, who gained third place in the sheepfarming compettiion in 1947. Third place in the dairy section was gained by Mrs Aomihi Davis, of Okoroire, who last year gained second place. In 1952 a Maori woman, Mrs R. Beasley, won the trophy, and in the years since 1938 there have been a number of other Maori women in the placings.