The technique of basket weaving followed by this woman of Kuala Kapuas, Borneo, Indonesia, closely resembles the Maori way. i ahu mai i te tuawhenua o Malaya. I raro i te whakahau a te Kawanatanga me mohio nga hapu katoa me nga iwi katoa o Indonesia ki tenei reo. Ki te kore, kaore e tino mau te kotahitanga. Ko tona whakatauki nui ko “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika”, a ko tona tikanga “Ko te Kotahitanga i roto i te Wehewehenga”. Hei mohiotanga mo tatou he maha nga wehewehenga o tenei iwi puta noa tona whenua. Ko ia moutere e rere ke ana tetahi i tetahi. Tena ano ranei nga wehewehenga i roto i tena moutere, i runga i nga reo, i nga mahi, i nga tikanga. I te moutere o Java, hei whakamarama, e toru nga reo motuhake: ko te Sundanese, ko te Javanese, ko te Madurese. I tua atu i te reo mo katoa, katoa e tata ana ki te rua rau nga reo e korerotia ana puta noa nga Moutere. TO RATOU WHAKAPONO Ko te karakia nui o tenei whenua ko te Karakia o Mohomete. Ko tenei karakia e mea ana ko Mohomete tonu te mangai o te Atua i runga i te mata o te whenua (ahakoa kua mate noa atu ia). Ko tona tikanga ra, e ai ki nga whakaakoranga, kei raro noa atu a te Karaiti. No maua ko toku hoa wahine whakamanuhiritia ai ki tetahi kainga i Borneo ka rongo au i tenei karakia e whakahaerea ana i tetahi po. Ka ui atu au ki o maua rangatira e aha ana nga tangata o tetahi stretching across the Atlantic to that part of Africa which is occupied by the French. This country consists of three thousand Islands, i.e. it covers land and water; there are about 735,000 square miles of land (what an area in acres!). The large Islands of this country are: Sumatra, South Borneo, Java, the Celebes, Bali, Flores, Halmaheira, and Timor, which is quite close to Australia. The name “Java” is the same as the Maori word “Hawa”. Its meaning in English is “Homeland” or “Island”. We come to realise then that name “Hawaiki”, which we know, means “the Small Home” or “the Small Island”. The final “iki” is exactly the same as our maori word “iti” equals “small”. This is most interesting for us to look at, and to prompt us to look back to our maori language and to our poetry, which will show us the genius of the Maori to compose songs wherein is reposed his deeds, ubiquity, his worship, his right to aristocracy. Let this suffice for the meantime. The Indonesian nation is united; it has one common language, Indonesian, distinct from its multiplicity of languages, and having a Malayan background. By Government decree all tribes and divisions must learn and know this language. Without it, its unity will not be perpetuated. Its emblematic representation is: “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” which means “Unity within a Diversity”. We realise from this that there are many divisions among these people right throughout the country. Each island is quite distinct from the other. There are differences of language, culture and customs from island to island. In the Island of Java, for instance, there are three distinct languages: the Sudanese, the Javanese, and the Madurese. Apart from the one common language, there are about two hundred languages spoken throughout the Islands. RELIGIOUS LIFE IS VIGOROUS The Mohammedan religion is the strongest in this country. This religion teaches that Mohammed is the Vicar of God here on earth (although he died a long long time ago). It appears, according to the doctrine, that Christ is of far lower status. When my wife and I were guests at one home in South Borneo, I heard one night this form of religion being expressed in worship. I asked our host what was going on in one house next to the one we were at. He replied that a Mohammedan service was in progress. I did really want to go and see how the worshippers performed, so that I would see and know whether they knelt or stood as they worshipped. From what I could hear I really thought they were doing the haka dance, making grimaces, singing lullabies, chanting anthems, doing the war dance; was it all this I wondered? It was coming on to dawn before they finished. Listening to it, it was very much like the Maori chanting. The leader would start