an accountancy student. Janet Winter, the Records Officer, is a teacher, and has been active in the Victoria University Maori Club since its inception (as the Wellington Maori Students' Association) in 1955. Steve O'Regan is Public Relations Officer, and is a law student, active also in the Students' Association of Victoria University. Federation will function to co-ordinate the activities of the ten existing University and Teachers' College Maori Clubs, and promote the formation of others. A quarterly Newsletter will keep members in touch with new developments, and eventually we intend to distribute this more widely to other interested organisations. But it will also consolidate the basic aims of the Clubs incorporated in it, which are broadly to make Maori students into better Maoris, better students, and better citizens in later life. The Maori student often has real difficulty finding his feet at University, and his own community may make matters worse by taking a negative attitude. This often induces him to give up study and take on a job well below his capabilities, or if he does remain he may abandon his Maoritanga in the mistaken belief that it is incompatible with his professional career. Either consequence leaves him a mediocre person for the rest of his life, disgruntled, and never putting his inborn talents to much effective use. We can ill afford to waste talent in this way. This is where the University Maori Clubs come in. They give the new student a group to belong to. They help him settle into University life and work, and assist with accommodation and information on financial aid. If he has problems, he is always assured of sympathetic counsel, and if he finds study difficult, some Club member can usually give additional tuition. The social and cultural functions of the Club are more obvious to the rest of the world, providing a wholesome environment for social needs, and keeping Maori language and culture alive through regular Club evenings, and occasional fund-raising concerts. In this mileu we have noticed a sharp reduction in the students who leave before completing their degrees, as compared with pre-Club days. There is a very real need today for more Maoris in the professions. The Maori Clubs in our Universities and Teachers' Colleges have an important function in attracting students who might otherwise drift into employment where their best capabilities are never developed. By helping to make these facts more widely appreciated amongst the Maori people generally, Federation will be able to contribute its share to the recruitment and training of the young leaders of tomorrow. The Maori Students' Federation Executive. L. to R. Mr Patrick Hohepa, B.A., vicepresident, Auckland; Mr Whatarangi Winiata, B.Com., Vice-President, Wellington: Miss Janet Winter, records officer, Wellington; Mr Steve O'Regan, P.R.O., Wellington; Mr Alan Armstrong, B.Sc., Vice-President, Christchurch.