Messrs Rewiri and e Hira with some of their work. (Peter Blanc Photograph) of Auckland for building a marae and carved meetinghouse in the City of Auckland. Through such a construction the Maori people desired to embody their aspirations to retain elements of their Maoritanga in the City, and at the same time offer something Maori to the City fathers as their contribution to the life of the community. Behind it all was the wish of Maori leaders in Auckland to commemorate the valiant deeds of the Maori Battalion overseas. A representative Komiti Marae was set up to raise the finance. Then it was decided to follow the usual pattern in such projects and commence the decorative features immediately. For this purpose the Auckland Academy of Maori Arts and Crafts was established with Mr and Mrs Toka as the directors. On Sunday, 17th June, the Rev, Rangi Rogers conducted the opening ceremony with a Church Service taking as his text the statement of the Psalmist ‘Where there is no vision the people perish.’ Next day, 18th June, the first class met. The Auckland Academy of Maori Arts and Crafts is entirely financed by the Maoris of Auckland themselves. The directors are paid a salary and student workers are paid their out-of-pocket expenses. The Academy opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. five days a week. Five permanent students are in attendance for carving, while nearly twenty women from the Leagues and other organisations have taken the tukutuku instruction. The course while being substantially practical (learning by doing) has nevertheless included lectures, visits to meetinghouses and the Museum. W. Poutapu, Ngaruawahia and Pine Taiapa, East Coast, both graduates of the Rotorua School, have given the benefit of their experience to the Academy. A novel feature of the work at Auckland at present is the wide use made of photographs of carvings. Through the courtesy of the Curator of the Waitangi Treaty House, Mr Lindsay, a set of photographs of the carvings at Waitangi has been made available to the Academy. Under the instruc-