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costume for their very promising action song group, and following this, were striving for new knowledge of their culture. As there was no museum and no chance for any first-hand experience of Maori Culture for Primary School Social Studies in the town of Tokoroa, it was proposed that a Maori Culture Festival be organised so that these needs could be provided, both for the Primary Schools and for the Intermediate School Maori Club; and in what better way could they hope to extend their knowledge than by taking part themselves in the exhibits of these arts. The displays included taniko weaving and piu piu making done by the Tokoroa Intermediate Maori Club, carving and tuku tuku performed by Bethlehem Maori School of Tauranga, and plaiting and hangis displayed by Waioeka Maori School. Other exhibits were weapons and weapon fighting, games and pastimes, and the Auckland Museum sent down a Maori Decorative Arts Display which gave continued on page 41 One of the Bethlehem Maori School carvers. Makohiti Brown Waioeka School children demonstrate flax weaving