Women welcome the Minister of Maori Affairs as he enters the Auckland Maori Community Centre for the opening of the conference. (Hill-Thomas Photograph.) Mrs Whina Cooper, Dominion President of M.W.W.L., pins flower on costume of the Hon. Hilda Ross, Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children (right), who was present during the opening session. In the background: the Hon E. B. Corbett and Mrs I. Ratana, M.P. (Hill-Thomas Photograph.) Conference is just the thing for him. His mother is busy watching the agenda paper as remits are being discussed, but he has time to watch the photographer. (Hill-Thomas Photograph.)