Springboks sing their farewell song on the porch of Mahinarangi meeting house after being welcomed by the Waikato tribes at a representative meeting in Ngaruawahia on Sunday, August 26, attended by the Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon. E. B. Corbett. (NPS Photograph) A sixth form pupil at the Epsom Grammar school, Ngaio Te Rito, originally of Masterton, was the second Maori to be awarded an American Field Service scholarship. She left for San Francisco last July and will spend two years living with an American family and attending an American college. She was educated at the Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls, in Auckland. The first Field Scholarship winner, Miss Tuhingia Barclay, was also educated there. Miss Te Rito is the granddaughter of Te Makirangi Te Rito of Kihitu, Wairoa and the great granddaughter of Eru Mete of Wairoa. Through him she is descended from the Ngapuhi chief Patuone. * * * A new Maori church in permanent materials is being built near the old Pamapuria Maori Anglican Church, Kaitaia. Much of the work is being done by voluntary helpers, and it is hoped to have the bulk of it completed in about a fort-night. They are using concrete blocks as the main material. The old church is to be pulled down, and rebuilt elsewhere as a parish hall and Bible Class hall. So far all the money needed is not to hand, but the community is pressing on with the work, hoping that more money will be found as the building takes form and shape. William N. Gray, captain of the Maori team, played as a five-eighths in all the tests between All Blacks and Springboks. During a heavy football season he was always a model of fitness and determination. He works with the Rotorua office of the Department of Maori Affairs. (Crown Studios Photograph)