He Pitopito Korero

Te Ao Hou, August 1957, Page 11

He Pitopito Korero At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Golf Association, Mr John Hape of Dannevirke was elected one of the two vice-presidents of the association. After the election of officers the new president, Mr F. S. Johns, of New Plymouth, pointed out that Mr Hape was the first Maori to reach the height of vice president in national golf administration. * * * Scout Moananui White, a 14-year-old Maori patrol leader of the Kauri scout group at Mamaranui, near Dargaville, has been awarded the certificate of meritorius conduct by the Boy Scouts' Association, for rescuing a three-year-old boy from drowning. He jumped into a deep pool near a timber mill at Mamaranui to bring the boy to the surface and held him safely until men arrived from the mill. This is one of the St George's Day awards of the association approved by the Governor-General, Sir Willoughby Norrie. * * * The owners of Tahora Block have decided to pay their debt of £1,200 to the East Coast Commission rather than sell their land, 1,700 acres, to the government. Situated in the middle of a large State forest in the Urewera, the block cannot be developed. It was part of the East Coast Trust Lands, and until the charge on this block was met, the commission could not wind up. * * * The annual reunion of members of the Pioneer Maori Battalion of the First World War held in Wairoa last March was attended by over 200 people. Organizers were Messrs A. T. Carroll, H. Jones, Page, and H. E. MacGregor. * * * Ian Heperi of Takapau, Central Hawkes Bay, is one of the New Zealand Scout contingent attending the 3rd World Scout “Jubilee” Jamboree in England. He is the only Maori member of the New Zealand Contingent. Son of Mr and Mrs Dawson Heperi, he belongs to the Ngaitahu sub-tribe of Ngati Kahungunu. Ian (sixteen years old) is a pupil of the Waipukurau District High School. Last year he won the High School's Junior Atheletic Championship.