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Dr Rina Moore, psychiatrist of Nelson, and the daughter of Mr T. T. Ropiha, belonged to the B table. Particularly valuable were her contributions during the discussion on health. This article reviews her impressions, as the first large-scale Maori event in which she took part. which, after all, is the European way of life; by running our businesses through an accountant. The Maori aroha would not then be spoilt, and the people would be able to benefit from the large incorporations in what is apparently for most districts their greatest need—housing. One of the most interesting remarks made at the conference by a young man who showed considerable insight and forethought was that a Maori should not think that he is like a European, because he is not. He said that there was a tremendous lack of understanding on the part of both races in their different outlooks. He found when he was working for a European employer that they would work quite amicably for some time, and then he would act in a way that was quite inexplicable to the European. In these cases, he felt it was best to explain his different behaviour and outlook and of course when this was done there was sympathy and understanding. On another occasion when his brother died his employer was surprised when he asked for a week's leave instead of the customary two days. When he explained that in the Maori way of life he was expected to remain with his family during the sorrow of their mourning then his request was readily granted. From the psychiatric point of view this method, this idea of the family coming together for a longer period of recalling memories of the past, easing the sorrow out together as a group—this is a healthier method of expressing grief, than the ambivalent European method, where grief is closed and hidden. The most fortunate members were I felt a tribe who have only managed to develop their material resources within the last twenty years. Rather isolated from the pakeha previously they have been fortunate in retaining their tribal strengths and the traditions of their ancestors. While discussing Maori leadership in the people of today, they announced proudly that in their area the ariki of their tribe maintained his traditional position. Their chief attended hui and tangi with his rangitira and his educated leaders. This tribe I felt was very fortunate in having retained the best of two worlds. Here I feel lies the future of the Maori people, retaining as much of the tradition and culture of their past to give them the confidence and courage necessary in maintaining their responsibility of civilisation in the world in which they live. Both from Tokerau were Arnold Wilson, sculptor and art teacher at Bay of Islands College (Kawakawa) and John Cribb, traffic officer, Kaikohe, (Round Table A).

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