te (makariri). Te poka nei i roto i nga oneone a i te taenga ka mea te tangata nei kia heke a Te Kooti ki roto i te poka ki te keri i nga oneone ki waho. I papahia nga taha kia kore ai e horo a no te nuinga o nga kete one one i puta mai i te poka, katahi ka whiu te tangata nei i te kete oneone ki runga i tana tama a hinga ana te tama ki ana turi. Katahi ka tanumia ki nga oneone e te matua. Engari i ora a Te Kooti i nga papa nei ina hoki i whai wahi a ia hei whakatatanga i tona manawa. I a ia e takoto ana mahara tonu atu a ia ki tetahi manga haere tika mai i to pa ki taua poka. Katahi a ia ka wawahi i nga papa ka keri i roto i te oneone tae atu ana ki te manga nei. Kua po i tenei wa haere ana a ia ki te whare o tana matua keke no te mea i reira a ia e noho ana. I te taenga atu haere ana ki te pataka ki te tiki kai. I a ia i reira ka rongo a ia i tana matua e mea atu ana ki tana matua keke kua haere a ia ki te mahi i tetahi mahi. Engari i whakaaro tana matua keke kua taka kino hia tana potiki, tangi ana. No tenei, katahi a Te Kooti ka heke iho i te pataka awhihia ana e tana matua keke ano he tangata i hoki mai i te mate. Kahore e mohiotia ana i korero pehea a Te Kooti ki tana matua, a mehemea i rapu utu a ia mo tona tanumanga. Arriving there, the father sent his son down into the well, which was boxed in with wood, to dig out the sand. When the father thought he had enough kits of sand he suddenly threw them at the young man, knocking him down to his knees, then piled in loose sand and buried him. But Te Kooti found that the wooden boxin gave him space to breathe in, and as he thought about it he remembered an old trench that ran from the pa almost to the well. Breaking away the old boards he began to burrow his way through the sand, and at last broke into the trench. It was dark by then, so he made his way to his uncle's house, where he lived, and climbed up into his uncle's pataka to get some food. While there, he heard his uncle and his father talking together. the father was saying that the son had gone on message, but the uncle was sure the young man had come to some harm, and began to tangi for him. At this, Te Kooti came down from the patak to be embraced by his uncle as one returned from the dead. The story does not tell what Te Kooti said to his father, or whether he required any utu for being buried alive. * * *

Midshipmen… Each year the Royal New Zealand Navy selects a number young New Zealanders for training as officer cadets. CADET-MIDSHIPMEN: Open to boys aged between 14 ½ and 15 ½ on 1st January of the year in which they apply. Qualifications: Applicants must pass a Naval medical test and compete in an educational examination which has the same syllabus as School Certificate and includes mathematics. Successful candidates enter the Royal Australian Naval College in January of the year following acceptance. After 3 years there they sail for the United Kingdom for further training and courses for Lieutenant. Applications close: 1st July each year. SPECIAL ENTRY: Open to boys who are between 17 years 3 months and 18 years 7 months on the date applications close. For the November Entry only the upper age limited is 18 years 6 months. Qualifications: After a Naval medical test applicants sit a competitive examination with a syllabus of University Entrance standard and including mathematics and physics. If successful they enter the Royal Naval College of Dartmouth, England, and spend approximately 3 years in the United Kingdom undergoing special training at sea and ashore. Applications close three times a year for Special Entry Scheme…on 1st April, August, November. Full details and application forms for both methods of entry may be obtained from Naval Recruiting Officers at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.