music. Only very few people have the rhythmical sense and wrist control to perform this dance. What added to the impressiveness of our performance was that the two girls, who were sisters, happened to be the only Europeans in our group. Exhausted, we fell asleep on our snow-white embroidered pillows, dimly regarded by the redochre ancestors of the Ngati Pikiao. The next morning we further experienced the generosity of our hosts when we were all invited for a cruise over Lake Rotoiti on a luxury yacht. Before leaving the marae our elder presented, with an appropriate oration, the cheque (“poukai”) which the school committee had prepared as a donation, but to our surprise the elder of our hosts handed it back again as a final gift, thus ending brilliantly the lesson his people had given us in “modern Maori culture”. to be continued

SINGLE PREMIUM MORTGAGE REPAYMENTS The Board of Maori Affairs now has authority to advance money for Maori housing to pay the premium on a single-premium mortgage repayment insurance policy. Legislation passed in the last week of the 1960 Parliamentary session provided the authority for the Board of Maori Affairs to make the advances. This brings the Board's policy nearer that of the State Advances Corporation which already lends, under certain conditions, the cost of single premium mortgage repayments. Insurance premium loans will be made up to £120 and would be additional to money loaned mortgagors towards the cost of house-building. It is felt that too few Maoris take advantage of this type of insurance cover, which in the event of a borrower's untimely death lifts the burden of a mortgage debt from his widow and children. This is due probably to the fact that, with their larger families and smaller incomes, most Maoris find it difficult to meet annual premiums, and impossible to raise the large amounts required if the cover were a single premium, as well as the cost of furniture and the cash payment toward the new house. Under this scheme, where the premium is advanced by the Board of Maori Affairs, the approved insurance offices would be those approved by the State Advances Corporation for mortgage repayment insurance. The new policy will apply generally to existing loans, provided that the re payment term for the additional loan does not exceed five years, and interest would be charged at 5 per cent.

KO TE UTU TOPU I TE INIHUA MOKETE Kua whakamana Te Paori Mo Nga Take Maori ki te tuku moni i runga i te mokete hei utu topu i te moni inihua mo te mokete whare. No te wiki whakamutunga o te tunga o te Paremata i te tau 1960 i whakamana ai taua Paori ki te tuku moni penei. Kua rite Te Paori Mo Nga Take Maori ki tera Tari Kawanatanga ki Te State Advances Corporation kua tuku moni penei noa atu ki nga tangata e tika ana. Tera e eke taua moni ki te £120 a ka apititia atu ki te moni mokete mo te hanga whare. He tokoiti rawa atu nga Maori kei te tango inihua penei, ara he inihua mo te mate rawa ake te tane ka ea te moni mokete a ka noho pai te wahine me nga tamariki. Ko te take nui pea e kore nei e tango i taua inihua ko te nuinga o te hunga Maori e tango moni mokete ana hei hanga whare he tokomaha a ratou tamariki a pau tonu te oranga ki te utu haere i te mokete, ki te tango taputapu mo te whare a kaore e taea te utu topu o tenei momo inihua. Ki te tukua e Te Poari Mo Nga Mea Maori taua moni kei Te State Advances Corporation nga Tari Inihua. Ka taea e te hunga kua tango moni mokete noa atu te tango tenei momo inihua engari me hoki taua moni i roto o te rima tau a e 5 paihaneti te itareti.