Ko nga taonga mo te hinengaro ki a Te Rangi kei nga korero tawhito o te iwi Maori, kei nga waiata me nga tatai whakapapa o nga iwi puta noa te motu. Kei nga mahi haka nei, kua rukea reretia ake e Te Rangi nga kahu o te ao Pakeha, kua tu mai hei takitaki i nga kupu pepeha e puka nei te toto i te hamamatanga me te whiu o nga ringa i runga i nga mahi o te ao tawhito i hauora ai te tinana mo te pakanga. Na Te Rangi i whaka-whiwhi etehi korero whaitikanga mo ‘Nga Mote-atea’ a Ta Apirana Ngata i whakarapopototia nei ki reira nga waiata a taua a te Maori. I roto i nga mahi huhua i mahia ai e Te Rangi ko te whakatikatika i te Pukapuka a nga Kupu Maori a te Wiremu, kua pau nei te hokohoko o nga mea i taia ai i mua. Ko te Komiti Whakati-katika i mahi tahi ai a Te Rangi i pau i a ratou etehi marama maha, a ko te hua o taua mahinga nui kua takoto inaianei kei nga ringa o te Kai-ta a te Kawanatanga. Kua urutomo inaianei a Te Rangi ki te tatai kaumatua, a i ona kawei tupuna rangatira kua uhia mai te ihi i a ia ka tu ki roto i nga runanga korero. Kaati ano kia pera kia meinga ai enei ahuatanga katoa hei tautoko i a ia ina tupono mai he wa e puaki ai tona reo karanga ki te iwi rangatahi kia tiakina paitia nga taonga o nehera me nga tikanga e matea nuitia nei e tatou, me to manaaki tika hoki i te reo a o tatou tupuna hei mea ohaki i ata whakatapuria. Kua puta ake ano i ahau no Pare-Hauraki tetehi taha o Te Rangi. Na ko Hauraki te waahi rongonui mo ona nei kai moana. A i konei hei whakaari kau ake i te whanui o nga whawha a te tangata nei, me tuhi iho e au mo tenei mea mo te kai moana, otira mo te kai nei mo te kuku, mehemea na Te Rangi i ata mahi mai hei kai i te weheruatanga o te po, i muri o nga mahi ahua-reka a nga hoa noho tahi i runga i te whakaaro kotahi, e ki ana ahau koinei tetehi tino kai, ‘e taka te roro o te rangi’. He tangata a Te Rangi kua manaakitia, na reira ia ka whakanuia, ka tu aronui, ka arohatia hoki. He tangata kore ngakau whakapeka, he tangata whakawhanaunga, he humarie, he hinengaro teitei, i na reira mai hoki i piri pono ai ona hoa maha, Pakeha, Maori. I te whaiti o te waahi i homai hei tuhinga, kaore e mene atu nga korero i hiahia ahau ki te whakapuaki, no reira ra i konei me whakahua ake e au, ki te reo o tatou tupuna, ko enei korero: “I tika tonu, e te hoa, to hoe i te Waka; “Kaore i pariparia e te Tai “Kihai hoki i monenehu te Kura.” he was a member was engaged on this work for several months and the result of their valuable work is now in the hands of the Government Printer. Rangi will now join the ranks of the tribal elders, and his aristocratic ancestral background will impose on him a serious deportment in our assemblies. This will all be helpful should he have occasion to make a call upon the rising generation to preserve the ancient usages and customs we value, and to maintain the spoken language of our ancestors as a sacred trust. I have already mentioned that Rangi is partly of the Hauraki district. Hauraki is famous for its fisheries. And to show the versatility of the man, I record the fact that a fish meal, especially of mussels, prepared by Rangi as a supper repast after a convivial evening of good fellowship is one to gladden the heart of an epicure. Rangi is blessed with a fine personality; one that commands respect, confidence and affection. His honesty of purpose, genial friendship, engaging manner, and outstanding sportsmanship endears him to a wide circle of friends, both pakeha and Maori. Space will not permit me to say all I should like to say and now, to Te Rangiatahua my Tainui kinsman, in the words of our ancestors, I say: “With skill, O friend, you have steered the Canoe. “And the spray of the Ocean “Has not marred the sheen of the Plume.”

At the Rotorua High School prize-giving last year, the two prizes for general excellence in scholastic work and in sport, leadership and character, went to Maori pupils, Wiremu Kingi and Kiri Haira. * * * About half the sum aimed at for the Sir Peter Buck Memorial Prize Fund has been raised, which leaves over £1,000 to be found. A film showing the Kapingamarangi expedition, the last Pacific expedition led by Sir Peter Buck, will be screened at various places this year as part of the fund-raising campaign. * * * A start will be made soon with the erection of a new Maori school at Waihua, Hawkes Bay, planned to accommodate 80 pupils. * * * At the opening of the first hotel in the King Country at Benneydale last December, at least one guest, Mrs Kino, made no secret of her feelings. The Otorohanga Times, reporting the opening, quoted her as saying that the Maori people will fight on for ever and ever against liquor in the King Country. The paper states: ‘In the main, both Maori and Pakeha seemed to take the official opening as a thoughtful affair and there was a noticeable trend towards seriousness particularly after Mrs Kino's speech … The tally of gallons of beer consumed was 392.’