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Te Ao Hou, June 1959, Page 57

⋆ ⋆ ⋆ A Maori meeting house is to be built at Rehua Maori Hostel in Christchurch by 14 of the hostel's carpentry apprentices and three qualified Maori tradesmen. The house will accommodate 200 and will stand beside the hostel. It is hoped to provide traditional carvings for the front of the house. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ There will be an Anglican rally at Putiki, Wanganui, during Labour week-end this year. About 550 young Maori people are expected as guests. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ A committee of management has been elected for the Sir Apirana Ngata Memorial College in Ruatoria. Although the college is now being run by the Hawke's Bay Education Board, the committee will be able to gain experience in administering affairs of the college, and eventually a Board of Governors will be installed. The new members are: Mr W. Goldsmith, Ruatoria; Mr G. Reedy, Hiruharama, Mr J. C. Reedy, Ruatoria; Mr H. F. Smyth, Ruatoria; Mr P. Milner, Whangara; Mrs H. Waititi, Ruatoria; Dr D. Sinclair, Tolaga Bay (representing the Hawke's Bay Education Board); Mr H. Thatcher, Ruatoria (representing the Waiapu County Council); and Mr H. Fox, Waipiro Bay (representing the tribal committees). A longer article on the college will be published in our next issue. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The Tuhoe Maori Trust Board, set up to administer £100,000 compensation granted by the government recently, held its first meeting last March. Members are Messrs S. White, of Murupara; J. Boynton, B. Biddle and U. Tutuwhenua, Waimana; P. Tari, R. Rangi, T. Nikora and W. Te Paora, Ruatoki; I. Pouwhare, Waiohau; J. Tahuri and P. Apirana, Ruatahuna. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The owners of the Taharoa ironsands formed an incorporation at a meeting at Kawhia last March. The incorporation owns 3257 acres of ironsand deposits, held by fifty-seven owners. Mining will not begin for some considerable time.