The New Zealand Maori Rugby Team which played the New Zealand Team at the match held in Wellington on July 26 in honour of the departing Governor General, Lord Freyberg. Back Row: P. Hapi (Hawkes Bay), T. Katene (King Country), R. T. Gardiner (Bay of Plenty), A. H. Wright (W.R.F.U.), R. S. Clarke (Northland), T. D. Kipa (Wanganui), G. Parahi (Hawkes Bay). Second Row: N. P. Cherrington (Northland), A. Pryor (Bay of Plenty), B. W. Beazley (Northland), S. K. McLaughlin (Bay of Plenty), E. Murray (Bay of Plenty), B. K. Jones (Wanganui), T. J. French (Auckland), W. Tangira (East Coast). Sitting: S. T. Reid, Selector (M.A.B., Hawkes Bay), T. A. French, Selector (M.A.B., Auckland), A. W. Blake, Vice-captain (Wairarapa), H. T. Reedy, Co-manager (M.A.B., East Coast), J. B. Smith, Captain (Northland), R. M. Love, Co-manager (Wellington), L. W. Hohaia (Taranaki), E. Edwards, Selector (M.A.B., Taranaki), R. Tapa (M.A.B.). In Front: P. N. Jones (Wanganui), A. J. Douglas (Bay of Plenty), K. Davis (Auckland), P. Erceg (Auckland). —Crown Studio, Wellington, Photo. of grading the leaf, and how the drying kilns were operated. The process factory operated by W. D. and H. O. Wills was next on the list. The Huimai Maori Club entertained the team at a very enjoyable dance, a highlight being Percy Erceg, the All Black, on the microphone entertaining the hundreds present. The first match to be played on the tour was against Motueka-Golden Bay; the Maori team won, 37–3. Two Maoris played in the Golden Bay-Motueka team—W. Taylor, who went with the Maori team to Australia in 1949, and G. Rangi. Lance Hohaia, Taranaki, captained the Maori team, with Percy Erceg, of Auckland, vice-captain.

Hospitality on the West Coast On July 13 the team left Motueka for Greymouth by bus, with a stop at Hampden Hotel, Murchison, the scene of the great earthquake in 1929. The journey along the gorges was interesting, and mention was made of the fact that our ancestors must have traversed this route in going to the Pounamu streams on the West Coast. At Greymouth the team was received by the Mayor and the President and other members of the West Coast Rugby Union. A very full programme of entertainment and visits had been arranged at Greymouth, the most thrilling being a visit to the Wallsend coalmine, where the players were each given a miner's lamp and then, by lift, dropped straight down 650 feet to the lower levels of the mine. They then walked three-quarters of a mile under the Buller River to the coal-face, where the miners were working. Visits were made by the team to the convent and High School at Greymouth, to the convent at Hokitika, and to the Kaniere gold dredge.