ma te wheki, ma te toetoe, ma te oneone. Ko te tikanga o nga rua he mea hanga ma te papa he mea hanga mo te kiore. Tetahi kua kitea kaore e tino nui rawa nga kumara e pirau i te maku, he ngawari tonu ra tenei rua ki te mahi inaianei. HE KORERO MO TE MAHI KAO He korero tenei mo te mahi tuatahi mo te mahi kao, me waruwaru nga kumara. Mehemea he kumara hou ka waruwarungia ma te rau manuka. Mehemea he kumara tahito me waruwaru noa e koe. Katahi ka horoi kia ma, katahi ka whakamaroke mo te rua ki te toru ra ranei. Kaore e pai kia rarahi rawa nga kumara. Kaore he mahi tapahi mehemea he kumara pakupaku. Ka timata te mahi i te hangi a ka tiki ano i etahi rau kauere. Mehemea kua pai te hangi ka ruiruingia ki te wai kia puta te mamaoa. A ka uhingia etahi rau kauere ki runga i nga pohatu a ka purua nga kumara ki runga atu i nga rau kauere a he rau ano ki runga ake i nga kumara. Ka ruirui ano ki te wai i mua o te uhitanga o nga peeke ki runga engari kia tere tonu te uhi ki runga kia kore te mamaoa e puta. I muri iho o tera ka tapuke ki te oneone. A ka waihongia kia tapatu ana, mo te ata o tetahi atu rangi. Ka huke, ka tango i nga kumara ka whakamaroke ki te ra kia kite iho koe kua maroke. He tino pai ki te tamariki, ki te katoa noa iho. fern, toetoe and soil. The advantage of using timber and iron is that the pit can be made rat proof. Also it has been found an easier type to construct, and the loss of kumara through rotting is very little. HOW TO PREPARE KAO The first thing to do in making Kao (preserved kumara) is to scrape or scrub the skins off the kumara. With new kumara there is no need to scrape them, but they may be scrubbed with manuka brush. If the kumara are old ones you have to scrape and wash them clean. Then spread them out in the sun to dry for two or three days. Large kumara are not suitable. If they are small ones there is no need to halve them. While preparing the hangi, kanere (puriri) leaves may be obtained. As soon as the hangi is hot and ready, water is sprinkled on the stones to raise the steam. On the hot stones are placed the kanere leaves. Before covering the hangi more water is sprinkled and then the coverings are quickly placed over everything so that too much steam does not escape. After this soil is used to cover everything though a careful watch has to be kept for a while. Uncover the hangi the following morning and sun dry the kao, after which they are eaten with relish by children, in fact by everybody.

NEW STORY COMPETITION He whakaatu tenei ki te hunga e manako mai ka timata te tuawha o nga whaataetae tuhituhi a Te Ao Hou. Kauaka e heke iho i te 1000 nga kupu o nga korero a te hunga whakataetae. Kei te tangata tonu te whakaaro mo tana kaupapa korero engari ko te tumanako me Maori te kaupapa o etahi o nga tuhituhi. Me korero purakau me korero tika ranei nga tuhituhi. Me tuku mai nga tuhituhi ki Te Etita, Te Ao Hou, P.O. Box 2390, Wellington i mua mai o te 31 o Hanuere. Ko nga kai whakatau o te whakatau ko Mr Alistair Campbell, he kaituti no Poneke mo nga tuhituti Pakeha a ko M. R. Jones mo nga tuhituhi Maori. Ko nga parache £10. 10. 0 mo te tuhituhi Pakeha tino pai a £10, 10. 0 mo te tuhituhi Maori. Ka taia enei tuhituhi ki Te Ao Hou a mehemea i neke atu i te 2000 kupu te roa ka utua te puhaketanga atu. Ka ata tirohia ano etahi o nga tuhituhi a ko nga mea e rorotu ana ka taia ki Te Ao Hou. Entries are invited for the Fourth Te Ao Hou Literary Competition. Stories must have a length of at least 1,000 words. They may be on any subject of the author's choice, although it is hoped that many of the contributions will be related to some aspect of Maori life. Persons and places may be either true or fictional. Manuscripts should be sent to the editor of Te Ao Hou. P.O. Box 2390, Wellington, before January 31. The judges will be Mr Alistair Campbell, a Wellington poet and writer, for the English contributions, and Mr M. R. Jones for the Maori contributions. The prizes will be ten guineas for the best story in English and ten guineas for the best story in Maori. The prize stories will then be published in this magazine. If they exceed 2,000 words, a contributors' fee will be paid for the balance. Other entries of enough merit will also be published at our usual contributors' rates.