succeeded by Te Arawa singing Utaina and toia mai te waka. The Queen will now have reached the dais at the end of the lawn. When she takes her seat there, she will be given a morocco-bound programme which will explain to her all the songs and dances she is to see, and provide her with an English translation of the words. Five of the paramount chiefs will then advance to the dais carrying a carved box containing the Maori people's address of welcome. As they come, the performers at the sides will chant a pokeka. Mr Corbett will take the address and read it to Her Majesty, and the Bishop of Aotearoa, the Rt. Rev. W. N. Panapa, will read it in Maori. The Tuwharetoa people on the platform below Her Majesty's dais will then thunder into their war dance: Te aea o ia rangi. Chiefs will come forward with gifts for the Queen, and the chiefs themselves will then be presented to Her Majesty. The Queen will reply to the address of welcome, and the official part of the programme will close with 300 girls performing a combination poi dance. Then, for 20 minutes, the Matatua people of Whakatane, the Ngati-Porou people from the East Coast, and the Taihauauru people, will entertain their Royal guest with action songs, hakas and dances. The ceremony will conclude with all parties joining in a great massed haka. PREPARATIONS: This short ceremony before Her Majesty will represent the culmination of months of enthusiastic work by the performers and the Rotorua Maori Reception Committee under the chairmanship of Major H. R. Vercoe. When the Arawa, Mataatua and Ngati-Tu-wharetoa people undertook to act as hosts at the Rotorua reception they knew that the task would not be easy. They knew that every little detail would have to be properly planned and prepared so that nothing should mar the final ceremony. They have entered into this work with the greatest of enthusiasm, and have given the utmost assistance and co-operation to those of their people whom they have elected to the Reception Committee. The work of this committee has been divided among sub-committees, and these have been able to call on the assistance of many willing helpers. CEREMONIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT: The Ceremonial and Entertainment sub-committee has decided on the detail of the actual ceremony and entertainment to take place at Arawa Park. Meetings with tribal representatives throughout the district have been held, and these have laid the foundation for the final form of the ceremony. Hundreds of Maoris, men and women, young and not so young, have been busy practising their dances and songs for many months. They will all be assembled in Rotorua a few days before the actual reception, so that they can practise together on the marae which has been constructed on Arawa Park. ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPLIES: The first big problem was to decide where to accommodate the performers and the official guests during the three or four days they were to be in Rotorua. The official intimation had been that a camp would not be erected on Arawa Park as for previous receptions to members of the Royal Family. It was finally decided to accept the offer of those maraes near Rotorua and Rotoiti to make their accommodation available for the visitors. Each of these maraes has set up a committee, to be responsible for the well-being of its visitors, and to co-operate with the Reception Committee in matters relating to transport, food and tentage. All visitors to Rotorua will be expected to bring their own blankets and cutlery with them. It has not been found possible to obtain sufficient quantities of these articles to provide for the expected number of visitors. On each marae temporary dining rooms and cookhouses are being constructed and temporary water supplies are being laid on for the tented areas. The Army Department has been closely cooperating with the Reception Committee, and has made large quantities of tents, palliasses, cookhouse equipment and other essential camping items available for the period that visitors will be accommodated on the maraes. The Reception Committee proposes to accommodate the visiting performers and guests at the following maraes: 1 Whakarewarewa Tuwharetoa. 2 Ohinemutu 200 official guests and people from Ngati-Raukawa and Ngati-Poneke. 3 Owhata Taranaki and Wanganui. 4 Pikirangi Waimana, Waiotahi, and Kutarere. 5 Ruamata Tauranga, Motiti, Patuwai and Pukehina. 6 Takinga Ngati-Porou and section 7 Kahu of the Tuhoe people 8 Parua from Ruatoki. 9 Ruato Whakatohea. 10 Uenuku Ngaitai, Ngatiawa, and Whanau-Apanui. 11 Awahou Waitaha and Ngati-Rangiwewehi. The feeding of all these visitors during the holiday season has been made easier by the