te Putea moni a nga hoia ki te Kai-Tiaki Maori e £4,000. I te pikinga o te utu wuuru i muri tata mai i te mutunga o te pakanga tuarua tere tonu te piki o te wariu o nga taonga o te Putea nei ea tonu atu te nama ki te Kai-Tiaki Maori, a kua noho mai inaianei he taonga tino nui te wariu, Ko te iwi Maori ahakoa enei tau maha o nga uauatanga i mau tonu te tumanako tera te wa e puea ake ai taua Putea ki te ao marama, no reira ka timata te whakariterite i nga huarahi whakamahi i nga moni whiwhi mai o taua Putea. No reira tika tonu te tunga o te hui tuatahi i te hui whakamaharatanga mo Ta Apirana Ngata i te Hurae o te tau 1952. E rima tekau nga hoia o te pakanga tuatahi i taua hui, ko te Tiamana ko Reverend Dan Kaa, ko te Hekeretari ko M. Rotohiko Jones. Kaore i tino tatu i taua hui nga huarahi whakamahi i taua Putea kia rite ai mo nga ahuatanga o naianei. Tera hoki i raro i nga whakahaere a te Kawanatanga kei te puta nga utu penihana ki nga mea e ahua he ana te noho, a tera kei te puta ki te nuinga o nga hoia kua koroheketia, a kei te ahua he te noho, he awhina i raro i nga utu penihana a te Kawanatanga, a no reira ka tirohia kaore i pera rawa te whakamahi o nga moni o te Putea nei i te ahua i whiriwhiria ai i te tau 1917 i te tau i timataria ai te Putea moni nei. No reira ka puta te patai me pewhea te whakamahi o tenei moni nui Tino matau tino hohonu hoki, te whakautu a te hui i Waiomatatini. Tuatahi i motinitia me utu te £5,000 ki te Ngarimu Scholarship Fund, i utua i muri tata mai, tuarua i motinitia me whakaara ano tetahi atu Scholarship Fund. A kia haere tonu mai ai nga moni whiwhi mo taua Putea Karahipi mo nga whakatupuranga kei te haere mai ka motinitia kia hokona mai te tuturutanga motuhake o te Hereheretau Station i taua wa e noho riihi noa iho ki te Kai-Tiaki Maori. Kua oti te hoko mai o te tuturutanga motuhake o te Hereheretau Station, a no tenei tau i mahue ake nei ka paahitia e te Paremata te whakatu o te Putea Karihipi. Kei te whakamana e taua Ture te Minita ki te wehe mai i tetahi waahi o nga moni whiwhi hei whakatu i taua Putea, a tera e taea ia tau te whakatakoto i tetahi waahi o te toenga o nga moni i whiwhi mai o ia tau kaore i taea te whakapau mo etahi atu ahuatanga. Kaore tetahi o enei whakatau i te takahi i nga mana ake o nga hoia Maori o te pakanga tuatahi. Ko nga moni takoha i eke ki te £5,000 e utua ana hei awhina i nga hoia e ahua he ana te noho me nga takoha e rima tekau pauna mo nga uhunga mo nga hoia o te pakanga tuatahi, koia nei ano e utua tuatahitia. I te nui o nga moni whiwhi kei te puta mai ki te proposed its establishment at the great hui where the meeting-house at Waimotatini was dedicated. After a magnificent collecting effort £58,600 had been subscribed by the Maori people by the end of 1919, for the relief of needy Maori soldiers. Eventful History: The funds were invested in Hoata Station (Tikitiki), Hoia Station (Hicks Bay) and Hereheretau Station (near Wairoa). The stations suffered badly in a small depression immediately following the war years, and Hoata had to be abandoned in 1925 with huge losses. At this time an Act was passed entrusting the Maori Trustee with the administration of the remaining assets, then estimated at some £12,000. These assets disappeared altogether during the great depression, but the Maori Trustee, having regard to the social and sentimental value of the fund, did not liquidate it. Instead, he made loans to the fund, with the resul that, as late as 1941, the Maori Soldiers' Fund had a deficiency of about £4000 as a debt to the Maori Trustee. When wool prices rose sharply after the war the fund rapidly transformed itself from a liability into a handsome asset. The Maori people who through all those years had remained fully alive to the great potential importance of the Maori Soldiers' Fund, began to plan its possible uses. Appropriately enough the Sir Apirana Ngata memorial hui of July, 1952, was made an occasion for the first big meeting on the future of the fund. It was attended by 50 veterans, under the chairmanship of the Rev. Dan Kaa, Mr M. R. Jones acting as secretary. Future of the Fund: It was not easy for this meeting to define the purposes the Maori Soldiers' Fund was to serve under present conditions. With the introduction of Social Security and various benefits and pensions, the most painful wants of the veterans would mostly be met, and the fund would not have as many calls upon it for the relief of distress as in 1917, when the fund was originated. What use could now be made of the very considerable sum at the veterans' disposal? The Waiomatatini meeting gave an answer which was remarkable in its intelligence and far-sightedness. First, it resolved to pay £5000 to the Ngarimu Scholarship Fund, which was subsequently done, and secondly, the creation of a new national scholarship fund was proposed. In order to see that this scholarship fund would be maintained for future generations, the purchase of the free-hold Hereheretau Station, then leased by the Maori Trustee, was advocated. Hereheretau was purchased, and legislation passed last year has established the scholarship fund. Legislation empowers the Minister of Maori Affairs to ‘set aside such sum as he