Raukawa League Celebrates Third Birthday

Te Ao Hou, July 1956, Page 64

Photo: Miles Wislang Raukawa League Celebrates Third Birthday Photography, library work and teaching are among the new activities undertaken over the last year by the Raukawa District Council of the Maori Women's Welfare League. All these things were told in a very businesslike report from the secretary, Mrs J. Cowan, read at the annual progress day of the council at Aorangi Pa, Feilding, on Saturday, February 18. The great event in the area had been the work on the Bulls meeting house. Many of the women in several leagues had helped in the tukutuku and other craft work under the tutorship of Mr and Mrs Henare Toka. The leagues had also brought school children to the classes given by the Tokas. The district council had raised almost £500 for a projected community centre in Palmerston North. Further money was raised for the Peter Buck Memorial Fund and for the M.W.W.L. Conference fund. The display of work from the various branches for the first time included photographs. The main items, as usual were taniko, kits, whariki, produce, preserves, cakes and needlework. The Ngatokowaru Branch, Levin, won the competition for displays. Mrs Webber, of the Waikanae Branch, reported that her members had taken a great part in the work of the local Parent-Teachers' Association and that a free library had been started by the league. Other activities organised by the leagues were adult education classes, in conjunction with Maori Adult Education officer Mr W. Parker, hospital visits and housing surveys. There are also plans for Maori language teaching among girl guides and for establishing a badge for proficiency in Maori. PRINTED BY THE PEGASUS PRESS, 14 OXFORD TERRACE, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND