to me he felt he might almost be becoming a kaumatua. The conflict between the roles he had to play would have broken many men. To be a champion of the Maori people and at the same time fit harmoniously into the government machine with its army of accountants, auditors and inspectors is far more difficult than it sounds. Only a generation ago, in Sir Apirana Ngata's day, it proved to be quite impossible. The Secretary (in 1957 he assumed this title) found himself bound to both sides with the same absolute loyalty. There were his Maori moods and his official moods. During the Maori moods he tried to forget the official difficulties as much as possible, seemed entirely free of care. These moods were essential to him. I remember how on my first tour with Mr Ropiha to the Te Aute Centennial he suddenly disappeared from the marae, was nowhere to be found. It was a time of great pressure and many people were looking for him. He was in the cookhouse, helping to peel potatoes. When the official pressure was on, the atmosphere and the claims of the marae sometimes seemed far away. However, when he finally decided something important, both sides of his experience had somehow achieved a balance. His greatest support as he was being pulled between the two worlds lay in religion. Right through his career as Secretary, he gave much or his time to the Anglican Church, as a people's warden and lay representative in Synod. The Church provided him with a view of himself and his work which was without conflict: in the end all that mattered was selfless dedication to the wellbeing of others, the virtue of charity.

LEADERSHIP IN SAMOA continued from page 17 universal progress. In the Legislative Assembly there have always been some members who have little to contribute constructively to the adaptation of Samoan life to the needs of modern times. Among the villages, there are not a few where the leaders have shown insufficient adaptability in face of changing needs and where, as a consequence, their authority is declining and the young men are tending to drift away. But the emergence of a progressive leadership, even if only here and there, is itself an indication of the vitality and flexibility of Samoan culture. Taken in conjunction with the more sympathetic and liberal policy of New Zealand in the years since the war it goes far towards explaining why Western Samoa is on the verge of taking its place in the world as a self-governing country.

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