Many Other Interests

Te Ao Hou, September 1964, Page 5

Many Other Interests A large part of his spare time is taken up with Trades Union affairs. He has always taken a keen and active interest in the Trades Union, and for the last two years he has been secretary of the local branch at Matahina. He has found time, though, to attend the Young Leaders' Conferences at Auckland, Rotorua, Tauranga, Whakatane, Ruatoria and Murupara. Also, Hone was secretary of the Whakatane and District Maori Advancement Committee which collected contributions for the Education Foundation and sponsored several deserving applicants for assistance. Hone enjoys his writing and the exchange of ideas with other writers. He feels he has an important task in his Trades Union work. But I think his greatest enjoyment is helping his sons to a good education—not just by encouraging them at school, but by taking them to places and talking about what they have seen and done, and making them consciously think about their experiences. To hear Hone probe for his sons' criticism of a good film is to know that here are growing three thinking citizens.