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traditional and the modern in her status and functions. She guides the meetings of the League, assisted by a younger educated person as secretary, and also by the local women welfare officer, a Maori. On ceremonial occasions when visitors are welcomed to the Community Centre building, she graces the occasion with her presence alongside the kaumatua. “C” is the wife of a successful public servant, prominent among his own tribe. She is the daughter of a Maori leader, and by birth is high up in the old tribal ranking system. This background helps her to gain standing in League affairs and in the community generally. She is also a member of the Church of England committee and of the local branch of a political party, while she is trustee in a tribal committee. “C” is well educated, she has a lot of European ideas, but she is at the same time interested in Maori ideals and welfare. She is also a capable speaker and a competent administrator. She is rather of the younger type of women, and she has not as yet graduated to the rank of the kuia like “K”.