off. To guide the learner further, lines are drawn on either side of the centre line, two inches away, from which the learner is shown the best way of cutting away the timber. The slab is then raised to a convenient height off the floor, six inches being the usual, making sure it does not wobble. (3) Thirdly, the expert stands at the left edge of the slab and starts to adze from the line drawn next to the centre line, all the timber indicated by the arc at the end, towards the line marked for the carving relief, maintaining the width of cut from top to edge. He will proceed like this along the length for about a foot, then he is confronted by too much timber that sometimes does not break off conveniently. This always happens. So by quick cuts of his adze at right angles, and about six inches away, the chips and timber are easily broken off. The cut thus used to obtain this release is the poka. After a demonstration of about three feet, the pupils then begin to try their hand. The elevated position of the slab is soon appreciated, for this allows natural and free adzing movements; there is hardly any stooping, the feet are better braced to carry the swaying body, and the arms rise and fall naturally, and physical fatigue is reduced by the flying chips and every increasing pattern of the ngaotu stage by stage. It is a remarkable fact that at this stage of the learner's period of adzing, his eyes are particularly quick to detect any variations in the depths of his adzing, whether digging in too deeply or kaupapa ki a Eramiha raua ko tana kuia. Katahi ka huri ana korero ki te tokorua nei. “E Miha, e Wai, ina tenei taonga kua homai nei e to tatau matua e Ngata ki a korua. Titiro atu tatau ki tana kaupapa kua whakaaturia mai nei e tana karere. Ahakoa i roto i to korua kaumatuatanga, e Miha, horahia nga taonga kei a koe. Tuatahi ki nga tamariki tane o te iwi Maori, te mau kapukapu, te whakairo, te waiata, te haka, te patere, te tu marae. Tuarua, te kaupapa o te Maoritanga ki nga marae maha o te iwi Maori. E Wai, pera ano koe, akona nga wahine ki nga taonga hei uhi, hei whariki i nga whare ka hanga nei e to tatau matua e Api. Hara mai haere korua, hei ringa, hei reo, hei kanohi mona ki tena iwi, ki tena iwi. Kaua e maharahara ki muri nei.” Ka mutu ana mihi, ka tu mai hoki tena tena o ratau a mene katoa ratau ki te maioha atu ki a Eramiha raua ko tana kuia ko te Wairata pera me ta te kai-korero tuatahi, apiti atu hoki ki te whakaaro o tena o tena o ratau. Ka mutu ratau ka tu a Eramiha ki runga ka waiata i tana oriori ka tu katoe hoki te whare: “Popo e tangi ana a Tama ki te kai mana.” Ka waenganuitia te hari a ratau i te oriori nei, ka maringi mai ki roto ki au tetahi wairua hou, te koa, te hanga reka, te ngakau papaku, me te miharo, pera tonu me ta ratau hiki haere i nga kupu o te oriori, he wana hoki, ano ra, i ia hikinga o ratau reo, ko au tena e tarai ana me taku toki kapukapu, a ko nga maramara o taku taraitanga e makere ana pera me ta ratau hiki haere i te oriori nei. He tino mohio au ki tenei oriori, no te Tairawhiti hoki, engari mai i taua po, te 10 o Hanuere 1930 tae mai ki tenei po 21 o Hune 1959, kaore ano au kia rongo i tetahi ropu kia pai ake i a ratau. No te mea e waiata ana ratau katoa, he tangi he koa, he poroporoaki, he aroha kei roto i o ratau ngakau mo Eramiha raua ko te Wairata. Ka mutu ta ratau waiata, ka ki mai a Eramiha. Ina ka rongo atu nei i te take o to hara mai, apiti ki nga korero a te whanau kua korero mai nei, kei te hari te ngakau mo tenei taonga nui ka homai nei e koe hei whiriwhiri, hei whakaaro maku. Kei te tangi ki nga korero a to tatau matua a Ngata, tae atu hoki ki nga tamariki tane o te motu. Kua he ke nga ra o taku tinana me aku kanohi, engari ia ko te wairua kei te koro ingo tonu, waiho ra me huri ake au ki taku rangatira, mana e whakatau te tono a Apirana ki a maua.” Ka huri ia ki a te Wairata ka ki atu, “E Wai ma taua a whiriwhiri te whakautu tika, pono hoki, mo te tono a Ngata, mau e ki kua pu te raha, he oi ra, mau e ki ka haere taua, kua tau ki tena. Homai he korero ki te karere nei, kia wawe te mohio mai a Apirana.” Ka mutu ana korero, ka noho ki raro. He roa te nohopukutanga o te whare, katahi ano a Te Wairata ka tu ki runga, ka ki, “E hika ma katahi nei te taru kino, ka riro ma te wahine e whakatau tenei tono ataahua a te iwi Maori, a Ngata, a te rangatahi. E Miha na to waiatatanga i te oriori na i a Popo, mohio tonu atu au kua