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Drawing by Urikore Wharehinga, Tikitiki Maori District High School, done at the age of fifteen. tiki the visitors drove past magnificent scenery and entered the Waiapu Territory. Next day they visited the church in Tikitiki and once again realised what the young people who know nothing of Maori art are missing. They saw Hikurangi shining in the morning sunlight on their first morning. They were entertained in the meeting house at Whangara, which is surmounted by the carved figure of the whale which is reputed to have carried Paikea on its back. It was dark when the party arrived in Wairoa, and although several hours late, the students were given a welcome as warm as they encountered anywhere on the tour. Before they left they were shown over the meeting house, which was quite differet from any they had already seen. Its war-like appearance was both terrifying and stimulating. After Wairoa the party split. The girls went to their sister-school in Napier, Hukarere College, and the boys went to Kohupatiki, where they were the guests of Bishop Panapa. They were prevented from visiting Te Aute College by an epidemic of influenza. So ended a tour which had been a success in every respect, and had benefited both schools in every way.

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