(6) Ko ehea atu nga waahi i noho a Kupe? (7) He tangata ano ranei i konei i mua atu i a Kupe? (8) Kei tehea takiwa atu i Tiritiri o te moana te motu i hoki atu ai a Kupe? Ka hoki a Kupe ki Rangiatea, ki Hawaiki, ko tana korero tenei “Kotahi te whenua e tauria ana e te Kohurangi, he whenua makuku, e kokuru ana te oneone; kei Tiritiri o te moana e tau ana. Ka ui mai hoki a Ngatoto ki a Kupe. “E Kupe he aha te ahua o te whenua i kite na koe? He raupapa ranei, he tuarangaranga ranei; he one tai; he one matua ranei te one.” Ka mea a Kupe “He tuatua a Waenganui, ko nga hiwi i tata ki te moana i ahua maru, ka tuwhera ai nga raorao i te taha mauru. Te Motu whakatonga ko nga hiwi i tata mai ki te taha rawhiti he ora te whenua he pai ki te titiro atu. Na ko te one o Aotearoa he pai, he one para-umu, he one kai; ko etahi waahi he one papa. Tihore, he pihipihi te tupu o te otaota.” Ka patai ano etahi tangata—“E Kupe, he aha te kai o te wai o waho, o uta?” Ka mean a Kupe “He ika a waho, a uta, he paua, he kuku, he pipi, kei nga tapa o te moana.” Ka mea mai nga tangata, “Kei whea te uru o te waka, E Kupe?” Ka wea a Kupe “Waiho i te taha katau o te ra o te marama o Kopu rere ai. Engari hei te Orongo-nui haere ai; ko te kaupeka o te tau, ko Tatau-uru-ora.” An all-Maori Committee of management has been set up to run what is probably the smallest post-primary school in New Zealand—the new high school which opened this February at Panguru, on Hokianga Harbour. The school has opened as a two-teacher school with two classrooms. Otherwise it is in every sense a full post-primary school. The pupils are all Maori children, who up to now have received their secondary education through the Correspondence School. Mr Harding Leaf has been elected chairman of the seven-member management committee. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The first Maori carpentry training centre in the South Island was opened on 3rd February by the Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon. J. R. Hanan, at Weedons, near Christchurch. The first twelve boys to attend the centre are: Lindsay Ngamano Pene, Nelson; Isaac I. Walker, Blenheim; Bernard Hepi, Taumarunui; Jack Tai Andrews, Manaia; Herbert Rangi Skipper, Waitara; Walker Matuku, Waitara; Scotty Heremaia, Ohura; Pomparia (Pompey) Epiha (Webster), Kakahi; Dennis Nitai Taiaroa, Wanganui; Daniel Kapo, Waitara; James Eru Te Wiki, Hawera; Ihaia Pore Kapene, Rotorua. The boys are living at the Labour Department Hostel. Their instructor is Mr T. Marsh, of the Christchurch Technical College.

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Five Ratana bands from North Auckland, Auckland, Tauranga, Hawkes Bay and Ratana Pa took part in the annual hui held at the Ratana Pa, near Wanganui, in the last week in January. The Ratana movement is soon to have another active band. A new set of brass band instruments, valued at £1800, has been delivered to the Ratana movement at the Hamuera Pa, at Moteo, near Hastings. The movement is to re-form its band, which originated in 1937 but went into recess after the last war. Church and Ratana Youth Club members at the pa worked 18 months to raise half the cost of the 27 instruments. A subsidy by the Department of Maori Affairs provided the balance. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The results of the 1961 Ahuwhenua farm trophy competition for Maori farmers are as follows: Sheep and cattle section: 1st, Mr Parekura Raroa, of Pukawa, near Tokaanu; 2nd, Mr Aperahama Whata, of Otaramarae, Rotoiti; 3rd, Mr George Kuru, Tokaanu. Dairy section: 1st, Mr Wallace Mangu, of Otorohanga; 2nd, Mr J. W. Hedley, of Hoe-o-Tainui, near Morrinsville; 2nd equal, Mr T. P. Heperi, of Rangiahua.