CONTENTS Page Articles and Stories by Arapera Blank 6 Men in a Strange Culture by E. G. Schwimmer 8 The Knight Errantry of Tamahae by Leo Fowler 11 Maori Culture in Schools by K. I. Robertson 18 Maori Action Songs by the Rev. K. Ihaka 24 The Teaching of Maori 26 Lady Buck's Ashes Are Interred 31 Wakahuia or Papahou by W. J. Phillipps 32 Otago Maoris Build in the Old Style—With a Difference, by Teowaina 35 A Maori School for New Farms at Kuratau, by E. J. Crabbe 36 Austria and the Maori People by Walter Brookes 38 A Vienna Journal by Wiremu Toetoe Tumohe 40 The Tougher Repair Jobs by Des Mahoney 44 How We Built Our Homes by C. S. Williams 46 Games of the Old-time Maori, Part II by Hemi Bennett 52 Queen Victoria had a Maori Godson by Alison Drummond 60 Spring is a Special Time for Mats and Carpets 62 Ko Te Reo Maori Na Koro Dewes 17 He Reo No Te Ao Tawhito Na Piwai Toi 22 Ko Te Whakaako O Te Reo Maori Na Wiremu Ngata 24 He Whare Perehi O Te Kingi Na Wiremu Toetoe Tumohe 40 Regular Features Seasonal Work on the Farm 49 Sports: Maori Rugby in Australia by Elsdon Craig 50 The Home Garden: Supplementary Cropping on Dairy Farms by R. G. Falconer 54 Books 55 Letters to the Editor 56 Crossword Puzzle No. 23 57 The Minister of Maori Affairs: The Rt. Hon. W. Nash. The Secretary for Maori Affairs: M. Sullivan. Management Committee: Chairman: B. E. Souter, Asst. Secretary. Members: M. R. Jones, W. T. Ngata, E. G. Schwimmer, G. H. Stanley, M. J. Taylor. Editor: E. G. Schwimmer, M.A. Associate Editor (Maori text): W. T. Ngata, Lic. Int. Sponsored by the Maori Purposes Fund Board. Subscriptions to Te Ao Hou at 7/6 per annum (4 issues) or £1 for three years' subscriptions at all offices of the Maori Affairs Department and P.O. Box 2390, Wellington, New Zealand. Registered at G.P.O., Wellington, for transmission through the post as a magazine. Editorial Address: P.O. Box 2390, Wellington PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MAORI AFFAIRS OCTOBER 1958 PRINTED BY PEGASUS PRESS LTD. Maori Authors: In this volume (issues 21—24) we have published twenty-two authors of full or part Maori descent, as well as five Maori children from Oruaiti. Some of these authors published more than one contribution. Works included short stories, folklore, essays of Maori history and culture, and reportage. Eleven of the 22 authors wrote at least some of their contributions in the Maori language. Two of the authors (Wiremu Toetoe and Sir Apirana Ngata) age of a past generation. The others were: Hemi Bennett (Wellington), Arapera Blank (Punaruku), Wattie Carkeek (Wellington), Koro Dewes (Auckland), Rangimarie Hetet (Te Kuiti), Rev. Kingi Ihaka (Wellington), M. R. Jones (Wellington), Rev. Manga Kamarie (Waitara), Kathryn Leef (Mitimiti), Wiremu Ngata (Wellington), Rora Paki (Oparure), Paul Potiki (Wellington), Turoa Royal (Auckland), Kate Shaw (Palmerston North), Pine Taiapa Tikitiki), Teowaina (Dunedin), Ngaio Te Rito (Auckland), Ina Te Uira (Wellington), Piwai Toi (Opononi), Hohepa Topa (Auckland). Cover Picture: This young musician is John Ryder, of Paparore Maori School. (Photo: Merv Holland.) Renewal Stickers: If your subscription is expiring, you will find an expiry sticker on the wrapper of your issue. Please examine the wrapper carefully and if the sticker appears on it send us a renewal as soon as possible on the form enclosed with the issue.