Lt. Col. Arapeta Awatere, district welfare officer at Rotorua, addresses the crowd. ki te hui. I reira a Te Aka Rapana raua ko Hori Keeti a i haere mai raua me o raua ana iwi hei huruhuru mo o raua waewae. Ko te take tuatahi a Maharaia Winiata me whakakotahi nga iwi o te Motu ki raro i te Kingitanga o Waikato. Ko ta te kotahitanga he pupuri te Maoritanga a ma nga komiti marae e whakatinana nga kaupapa o te kotahitanga. Ko te runanga o te tekau ma rua hei tohutohu i a Koroki. Kaore i tutuki nga kaupapa a Maharaia te whakamarama i te nui tonu o nga mahi me nga korero hei aruaru haere. I tu a Iriaka Ratana te mema mo te Taihauauru, a Peta Awatere me Nehe Rire o Ngatiporou ki te whakapuaki i o ratou na whakaaro. I whakaae a Peta raua ko Nehe ki te kotahitanga hei hapai i te Maoritanga engari kaua e kawea ki raro i te mana o te Kingitanga. He nui a raua mihi ki a Maharaia mo ona whakaaro. Haere ki whea, haere ki whea ka rangona nga korero a tena a ko te whakaaro nui o Tainui waka me waiho ta ratou mokopuna ma ratou ano e awhi. Ko etahi ano i whakaae nga ngakau ki te katoa o te kaupapa a Maharaia. I whakatupato a Iriaka kei waiho te kotahitanga hei aruaru i nga whakaaro o te rangatahi. Ko etahi ano i ki e tika ana kia whai wahi te rangatahi ki nga korero engari ia ko ta te rangatahi ki nga korero engari ia ko ta te rangatahi waiho ma nga pakeke nga korero. Te kaha o Waikato ki te takatu i te taha o nga there were parties from Ngati Porou, Whanau Apanui, Whakatohea, Tuhoe, Ngati Poneke, Hokianga Ngati Whatua and others. For the people a feast of discussion had been prepared. Invitations had been sent to all the tribes. In most of the tribal parties there were some people who came to Turangawaewae out of interest for the discussions which took place in the meeting house Pare Hauraki at night and on the marae on the Monday. The Constitution of the Kingship and the machinery by which the constitution operates was explained to the visiting delegations. Discussions then took place as to whether such as institution could be adopted by tribes who generally have not accepted its principles for the last 50 years. Speakers expressed interest in some organisation which would enable the whole of the Maori race to express its aspirations with one voice. Prominent amongst the speakers were Mrs Iriaka Ratana, M.P., Mr Arnold Reedy, Lt-Col. Awatere and Hiroki Tangaere Waikare of Ngati Porou, Mr Hori Gage of Te Whanau-a-Apanui, Tongaawhikau, Te Kahui and Rangihuna of Taranaki. Te Aka Rapana from North Auckland and Te Ngakahu of Whakatohea. The crowd was excellently disciplined and well conducted. Where needed, the marae police performed its task swiftly, efficiently yet gently. To the young people from the towns, it was a great