Two important Course Personalities: the Very Rev. J. G. Laughton, Course president and Dr B. G. Biggs. Lecturer in Maori at Auckland University. Mr Laughton has made many important contributions to Maori language study; he saw the latest edition of the Maori Bible through its final stages. He is editor of the Maori magazine Te Waka Karaitiana, published by the Presbyterian Maori Mission in Whakatane. Dr Biggs, after his study in America, was able to give the Course valuable guidance in scientific method in the study of the Maori language. Board and post-primary schools where the Maori roll is large. The most important remit was probably the one asking the Education Department to set up a standing committee to advise on Maori language teaching. The course was the first of its kind. It was noted for the presence of several prominent educational personalities, including the Minister of Education. It presented a challenge to young educated Maoris to become expert in the language and traditions of their people. Teachers were fortunate in having the services of the Very Rev. J. G. Laughton as Chairman. He ruled the meeting with sympathy and understanding and his lecture on the traditions and customs as the background to language was the most inspiring lecture of the whole course. Tape recorders were used to study new action songs collected by the teachers at recent huis. There was much zealous practising and copying of texts and no doubt Maori children at many schools will benefit. When the photograph was taken the song on the blackboard was ‘Te Matauranga o te Pakeha’ by Tuini Ngawai—an appropriate text.