Maori Battalion. After the war he was for a time District Maori Welfare Officer of the Rotorua-Bay of Plenty area. He was also secretary to Sir Apirana Ngata in connection with Whanau Apanui executive activities. Assistant secretary is Mr Claude Anaru, one time deputy-mayor of Rotorua and secretary of the Arawa Trust Board. Other members of the provisional council, listed with the district they represent, are as follows: Tokerau: Sam Maioha, Jack Rogers. Auckland: Matiu Te Hau, Waaka Clark. Waikato-Maniapoto: P. Katu, Ch. Davis. Waiariki: Major Reiwhatu Vercoe, J. Boynton. Tairawhiti: Arnold Reedy, Henry Ngata, Turi Carroll. Ikaroa: Steve Watene, John Bennett, Rangi Tutaki. Aotea: Pateriki Hura, Pei Jones. South Island: McDonald, Joseph Karetai. The Rt Rev. W. N. Panapa, Bishop of Aotearoa, was present during the meeting and pronounced the Benediction. The provisional council dealt with one matter of particular substance during its first meeting at Wellington. This was the setting up of the Maori Education Foundation, a measure to provide more financial help for young Maoris who want to be educated for the skilled trades and professions. The form this Foundation is to take will become clearer once the Bill by which it is to be established comes before Parliament. Meanwhile, an indication was given in the Governor General's opening address to Parliament last June, in which Lord Cobham made the following announcement: “My Government will establish a Maori Education Foundation, to be financed by an initial Government grant of £125,000 in inscribed stock and by private contributions. “The object is to increase substantially the number of scholarships for post-primary and university education and to provide more vocational training.”

PERSONALITIES OF CONFERENCE A number of Maori leaders (above) attend a private screening of the National Film Unit's picture ‘The Maori Today’. Unfortunately some delegates had already left Wellington the night after conference when the screening was held, so that they could not be photographed. The delegates and officials on this picture are, from left to right: Messrs William T. Ngata (Secretary to the Minister of Maori Affairs, Wellington); Claude Anaru (Asst. Secretary of the Provisional Council, Rotorua); Pateriki Hura (Taumarunui); Matiu Te Hau (Auckland); William Herewini (Controller of Maori Welfare, Wellington); Rt Rev. W. N. Panapa, Bishop of Aotearoa; Major Reiwhatu Vercoe (Chairman of Provisional Council, Rotorua); J. Boynton (Opotiki); M. te Rotohiko Jones (Liaison Officer, Minister of Maori Affairs); Rangi Tutaki (Hawkes Bay); John Bennett (Hawkes Bay); Arnold Reedy (East Coast); Norman Perry (Secretary of Provisional Council, Opotiki); Steve Watene (Wellington). John Ashton, photograph

The provisional council was delighted with this offer from the Government. Several members immediately paid £20 out of their own pockets to join the Foundation. As in the case of the Dominion Council, members were given details of the legislation that was being drafted, and after study and discussion, leaders and Government agreed on the principles that would be followed. After the meeting, there was great satisfaction with what had been achieved. —E.G.S. * The Rt Rev. W. N. Panapa has written an article giving his private view of the Maori Education Foundation. See page eight.