iwi. Ka ea te mate o tona tipuna i a ia, ka rite te whakatauki aroha a tona koka i a ia. Kihai i tangohia e Tuwhakairiora te whenua, i a ia tonu hoki te whenua. Ko te kai-kinotanga anake o tona tipuna i whakaeangia e ia. Nga whakatauki mo Tuwhakairiora: ‘Te Koau tono hau a Te Ataakura.’ ‘Tautahi a Ngatihau.’ * * * to Kokai and Tokatea. When the slaughter was ended, and all the business connected with it, the expedition returned. When they reached Okauwharetoa, the tohungas performed their incantations for removing tapu and the hurihanga-takapau*A ceremony, the object of which is some-what obscure.. Tuwhakairiora and his wife Ruataupare took up their abode at Okauwharetoa with the tribe. He had avenged the death of his grandfather, and fulfilled the saying which his mother in her yearning had uttered. Tuwhakairiora did not take possession of the land, for it was already his. It was the murder only of his grandfather which was avenged by him. The following sayings refer to Tuwhakairiora ‘The wind-compelling cormorant of Te Ataakura.’ ‘The solitary one of Ngatihau.’ * * * The Census Department has released figures showing Maori religious professions at the time of the 1951 census. The Church of England had over 37,000 adherents, or nearly 5,000 more than in 1945; and Roman Catholics numbered 17,000, or almost 2,000 more than in the previous census. Those who gave their religion as Ratana numbered over 16,500. The other religions with over a thousand Maori followers were: Methodist, 8,500; Latter Day Saints, 8,150; Ringatu, 4,900; and Presbyterian, 2,350. The number of Maoris who objected to stating their religion incresed from 7,000, in the earlier census, to over 14,000. * * * A bequest of £1,162 was received last year by Turakina Maori Girls' College. The money may be credited to the school's assembly hall fund. Smoked by the vast majority GREYS IS GREAT