What could they do without the experts? Hundreds of traditional kono (food baskets) are used at every Ngaruawahia hui. Smoked eels and other delicacies taste much better if they are served in a kono. ahi. Ko ratou anake ahakoa te haere atu o etahi ki te whakatau atu. Ka mutu pea i te iwi i hui ki Ngaruawahia te pai o te noho kaore he tutu kaore he aha, ka mutu ano ta nga pirihimana o te marae he haere-ere noa. He tino harare taua hui ki te katoa noa iho o te tangata. Ki te rangatahi he oranga ngakau te kitekite i o ratou matua tipuna. I riro i a Ngati Poneke te Wikitoria mo nga mahi haka mahi poi a i a Tuhourangi mo nga waiata. Ka mutu i te rangatahi mo enei tu mahi ara ia i nga tamariki rawa atu. I riro i te tiima o Tuwharetoa te hira mo te mahi purei whutupaoro 17 a Tuwharetoa e 3 a Maniapoto. I riro i a Tuhourangi te kapu a Te Pakaia a kei a ratou tepurei a tera tau ki a Tuwharetoa mo te hira mo te Koroneihana. Iriro i te tiima o Aotearoa nga purei ma nga wahine ara te Basketball. feeling to be free from the claims of city life and for a short period feel once again like members of a tribe in a meeting house. The old people too, in these days of rapid progress found the return to traditional ways to life a happy change and soothing to the nerves. One family in Katikati who had just moved into a modern house had been glad to see the old people go to the hui. They had been so upset by all the violent changes in moving house and getting into an unfamiliar environment that it was thought the hui would do them good. The Hira Cup for hakas, pois and action songs was won by a well-disciplined and workmanlike display by Ngati Poneke; a lively and entertaining Tuhourangi performance came second and the local team, entirely composed of boys and girls from the Hamilton Technical College, very spirited and expressive, were given third place.