The foundation stone of the Rangiatea Methodist Maori hostel at New Plymouth was laid last November by the Rev. Dr Raymond Dudley, the Indian clergyman who is now president of the Methodist Conference of New Zealand. The hostel is for Maori girls going to school in New Plymouth. (Taranaki Herald Photo) reira. Na, kua u te whakapono ki reira na enei Maori ano i kauhau te whakapono ki reira. I eke mai i reira haere mai a te Wiremu ki Putiki. I te taenga mai ki reira kua mau ano te whakapono ki reira. Me hoki aku korero ki muri, tau toru tekau ma ono, ka haere mai etahi tangata tokorua no Hawera no Ngati Ruanui i te kauhau ki Whanganui. Kihaii paingia i reira, ka patua. I muri mai ka haere mai ano etahi atu i pera ano, ka patua. Engari na, no te tau toru tekau ma waru ka haere mai tetahi ko Wiremu Te Tauri, he rangatira no Taupo, ka haere mai ki te kauhau i te whakapono ki Whanganui, ki Putiki. Na, na Hoani Wiremu Hipango i awhina na, ka tupu te whakapono ki reira. Kati tenei. Ko te Waiapu tera, ko te Wairoa, ko te takiwa ki Raukawa me te Wainui-a-rua. Kua tae te whakapono kua kauhautia ki reira. I enei katoa puta i Aotearoa na Maori ano te ako, na ratou i kauhau. Ko enei taonga enei mahi, he mana tunga rangatira, na o tatou tupuna kia tatou i tangata ai ratou i to ratou nei ao i oha kii ai ratou, a, e te whanau i muri nei kia mau ki te whakapono kia aroha ki te tangata. Na, na reira hei taonga pupuri ma tatou. Kati mo konei. A kua tae mai te whakapono ki a tatou, puritia kia u, ma te Atua koutou e manaaki, e tiaki, a, kia ora ano tatou. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ At the annual competition for Maori homegardeners in the Tauranga district the first prize for a fully established garden was won by Mrs Roy Matthews (Cambridge Road); the greatest improvement was shown by Mrs Jim Foster (also Cambridge Road) and the best work on a new home was done by Mrs Myra Dickson (Matapihi).

NGATA MEMORIAL COLLEGE The name of the Manutahi Main District High School (Ruatoria) is to be changed to “Ngata Memorial College.” A recommendation to this effect has been made to the Minister of Education following the decision of residents to change the status of the school to full post-primary status. The proposals for a change of status were unanimously adopted at a public meeting of householders and parents in the Uepohatu Hall, Ruatoria. The present school was established in 1941 and with more and more children seeking academic education a full scale college catering for all courses will be needed. The Hawkes Bay Education Board will run the school for three years until it is well established following a majority decision of the people present at the meeting. A Committee of Management will be formed for the three-year period, the Committee to comprise one member nominated by the Board, one member nominated by the Waiapu County Council and five or seven members elected by the parents. After three years, control will go to a local board of governors. Future students of Ngata Memorial College will have much to emulate in the name of the man whose family name will be part of the College. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The new president of the Methodist Church of New Zealand is the Rev. Dr Raymond Dudley, an Indian born in Fiji. ‘As an Indian I am father of Maori and European alike’, said Dr Dudley at a gathering at Taipohohenui (near Hawera) recently.