For Any Parents, Anywhere

Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 53

For Any Parents, Anywhere Play Centre can be for any group of parents anywhere. It is for Maoris and pakehas. It is designed for children as a place where they can learn by playing with other children. It is designed for parents as a place where they can become the kinds of parents they want to be with their children. It is designed for the community as a place where adults co-operate in building a service for youth that leads on to the welfare of the citizens of tomorrow. Out of seven New Zealand cadets who graduated from the Officer Cadet School at Portsea in Australia recently, the two highest placings were gained by Maoris. They were Second Lieutenant A. R. Kiwi of Raurimu, who was third in a class of 43, and Second Lieutenant T. K. Tapuke of New Plymouth, who was sixth. The Adjutant-General, Brigadier W. S. McKinnon, said that when the new officers returned to New Zealand, they will be posted to Waiouru for post-graduate training, and they will be attached to the National Military Unit for further experience. Later, those in the Infantry Corps can expect to see service in Malaya.