o Whangaroa i haere pera i a Ruatara ra hei heramana mo tetahi kaipuke. Te Ingoa o taua Maori ko Hoori Tara. He aha ranei tona hara ka hereherea e te kapene ki tetahi pou a ka whiua te tuara ki te wehi. Heoi ano ra ka waiho tera hei putake ki te ngakau o te Maori. Tena ka u to ratou kaipuke ki Whangaroa (he tari kauri roroa hoki ta ratou ki Ingarangi) hei haahi mo nga kaipuke a te iwi hoko mai, hoko atu o Ingarangi. Ina hoki ka u ki te takiwa tonu o te ropu o Tara ka hari te Maori nei notemea mana tonu te iwi nei e arahi ki te ngahere. Whai hoki i haere ia ki mua kia mohio ai tana iwi. Te ture hoki a te Maori o tera wa e kore e ahei kia pa te ringa o tetahi tutua ki te rangatira Maori. He hunga hoki ratou e ki ana i te mana i te ihi i te tapu! Heoi ano ta rite tana tikanga wha, a mate i te ope Pakeha ra. Ka kohurutia ratou katoa. Heoi ano te mea i ora he kotiro iti nei nga tau i mahue atu ki runga i te kaipuke. Ka hokia atu hoki e te ope Maori ka murua nga taonga o runga i te Kaipuke ra a ka tahuna ki te ahi. Ko te he nui tenei a te Pakeha ki te Maori. Ka kite iho tatou ki te take i kore ai te Rongo Pai i tae wawe mai ki o tatou wheinga! Engari ano no te tau 1814 ka rite te karaipiture “Ano ka rite te wa, ka tonoa mai e te atua tana tama.” Koia tenei e te whanau ma i tuhia ai tenei hari a aku tupuna e whai ake nei:— E! Ka nukunuku: E! Ka neke neke E! Ka nukunuku: E! Ka neke neke Kia kite i te Au o Waitangi E hora nei mehe Pipiwharauroa Takoto te pai! Takoto te Pai! Whiti! Ta tata! Whiti! ta tata! E rua nei nga ra kei tua Takoto te Pai! Takoto te Pai .…. Na tana rima rau tangata i waiata tenei hari ki te one o Oihi. E ahei ana ano kia hari a Te Matenga notemea he iwi hou tanei a Ngapuhi—a i hari ai—no te taenga mai tonu o Te Karaiti. OTIRIA.

Te Mahi Ma Te Hunga Tohunga Ki Te Reo Maori Ka nui te mahi kei nga Tari Kawanatanga ma te hunga tohunga ki te Reo Maori ara mo nga mahi whakamaori whakapakeha kei te Tari Maori. Kei te watea etahi tuunga kai whakamaori mo nga Kooti Whenua Maori. Ko nga mahi ma enei tangata he haere i nga rohe Kooti Whenua, hei karaka ma nga Tiati, a he whakamaori he whaka-pakeha i nga korero i nga wa e tika ana ki te aroaro o aua kooti. Ko nga mea e pirangi ana ki enei tu mahi, a kaore ano kia whiwhi raihana whakamaori noa, kei nga Tari Maori etahi tohunga hei whakaakoako i a ratou ki nga tikanga e whiwhi raihana ai. Kei nga Tari Maori nga whakamarama mo enei mahi me tuhi tika mai ranei ki “The Administration Officer, P.O. Box 2390, WELLINGTON.”

News in Brief For the first time, a Maori has won the title of “Mr New Zealand,” which is competed for annually at the New Zealand weight-lighting championships. He is Mr Murray Rupena, a 35-year-old driver from Wanganui. Mr Rupena is described as having a massive body with superbly developed muscles. There were 53 entries in the contest. * * * Eight acres at Te Tii—opposite the treaty grounds at Waitangi—have been set aside as a recreation area for the common use of the Maori people of New Zealand and their descendants. This is the place to which the chiefs retired to consider signing the Treaty of Waitangi. It contains the Treaty House. * * * When the plans are completed, in about two months' time, tenders will be called for a new Maori girls' hostel at Spotswood, New Plymouth, the minister of the Whiteley Memorial Methodist Church, the Rev E. T. Olds, announced. The hostel, which will cost between £50,000 and £60,000, is designed to accommodate 50 girls, said Mr Olds. It will include an administrative block, the matron's flat, and two living blocks, one for girls attending school and the other for girls at work. The girls will come from all over the North Island. The hostel will be built on rising ground with a fine view of the sea. * * * More than 1500 people from all parts of New Zealand, including a group from the Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club, attended the opening of the meeting house at Pirinoa (Wairarapa). The meeting house was opened by Mr E. C. Holmes, who received the praise of many speakers for the part he had played. It was said that without his efforts the meeting house might not have been built. Religious services were conducted by Mr E. T. Tirikatene, M.P., of the Ratana Church; Canon Paul Temuera, of Otaki, and Elder Harris, of the Latter Day Saints. A special Roman Catholic service was held at Martinborough. * * * Graham Puka Barney Anderson, of Te Aute College, has been awarded the William Robert Friar Memorial prize for the best school cadet in the Central Military District, Wellington. Previous winners of this prize have included some of New Zealand's most distinguished soldiers.