CONTENTS Page Features Haere ki o koutou tipuna 3 Sports: Maori Rugby Team's Tactics Provoked Strong Criticism, by Terry McLean 48 On The Farm 52 Books 55 Records 56 Crossword Puzzle 57 The Home Garden: Black Rot in Kumara, by R. G. Falconer 58 Women's Pages 59 Articles Leadership in Action 6 Reminiscences, by Rora 8 Werihe Te Tuiri, by Pei Jones 11 How family benefits are used to finance Maori housing 14 Puhiwahine, Maori Poetess II, by Pei Jones 17 Tolaga Bay and its District High School, by Dr D. Sinclair 25 New Life Comes to Pouto, by E. G. Schwimmer 29 Maungapohatu, an Epoch in History, by J. Alexander 34 Conversion: The Improvement of Maori Land Titles, by Toitu Te Whenua 43 The Maori Bank at Cambridge, by N. M. Chapple 50 Will the League Stand on its Own Feet? 59 League Does Exciting Job With Teenagers 62 Ko te Reo Maori Tamarua Takarua, na Iki Pouwhare 3 Rapua Te Matauranga o te Pakeha i roto i Te Ao Hou, na Paraiti Kaua 22 Te Whakamoni Paanga Maramara, na Toitu Te Whenua 43 The Minister of Maori Affairs: The Rt. Hon. Walter Nash. The Secretary for Maori Affairs: M. Sullivan. Management Committee: Chairman: B. E. Souter, Asst. Secretary. Members: W. Herewini, 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 DECEMBER 1959 PRINTED BY PEGASUS PRESS LTD.

Brief Notices Cover Photo: Mrs Uatohi Gough, of Waitara (National Publicity Studios, 1953). Errata: On page 31 of our last issue we referred to Te Kaha meeting house as Apanui. This This should have been Tukaki. It is hoped that Whauau Apanui will forgive this error. The following corrections should also be made in page 14 of the same issue: line 3 Tukeka should read Tuheka, after line 7, following the words O Pare, the following line was missed in the English translation: ‘If you were unwedded there would be no delay—.’ Back Issues: Some back issues of the magazine have become very scarce, and it has been decided to raise the prices of these issues so as to eke out the supply for the benefit of collectors. Prices per copy are as follows: Issues 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 5/-; Issue 16, 3/-; Issues 18–27, 2/6. 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. Contributions in Maori: Ko tetahi o nga whakaaro nui o Te Ao Hou he pupuri kia mau te reo Maori. Otira ko te nuinga o nga korero kei te tukua mai kei te reo Pakeha anake. Mehemea hoki ka nui mai nga korero i tuhia ki te reo Maori ka whakanuia ake te wahanga o ta tatou pukapuka mo nga korero Maori. A Disclaimer. The Department of Maori Affairs does not hold itself responsible for the opinions expressed by contributors to Te Ao Hou. We do our best to check the facts, but the responsibility for statements in signed articles remains the author's alone. The magazine as a text in schools. Our subscription rate for schools is 4/- per year (min. 5 subscriptions). It is gratifying to report that one school has ordered over a hundred copies at this price under the new “free textbook” scheme.