Field Scholar in America Timothy Morehu Te Heuheu, a son of Hepi Te Heu Heu and a pupil at St Patrick's College, is at present staying at Buffalo City, 20 miles from Niagara Falls, as one of this year's Field Scholars. When he comes back next year he hopes to study law at Victoria University.

Maori Soldiers Sing Malayan Songs A Maori record with a difference has just appeared under the Kiwi label. Called ‘Maori Soldiers Sing Melodies of Malaya’, it is the third release from the Concert Party of the Second Battalion the New Zealand Regiment. (The other two are ‘The Coming of the Maori’ and ‘Maori Soldiers Abroad’.) All royalties from the record have been donated to the Maori Education Foundation. One of the party's visits to the Malayan capital, Kuala Lumpur, coincided with ‘Bulan Bahasa Kebangsa'an’—a special month-long promotion by the Malayans to encourage all members of their multi-racial country to speak Malay, which is the national language. ‘Bulan Bahasa’ is an annual event which is very important in Malaya. At the request of the New Zealand High Commissioner, Mr C. M. Bennett, D.S.O., the officer in charge of the party took several popular songs and gave them Maori words (and in one case, actions) and also wrote verses in Malay telling of the party and its work. The soldiers' performance of these Malay songs was an immediate hit; in a special farewell article to the Battalion, the newspaper the ‘Malay Mail’ expressed this when it said that ‘by singing popular Malay songs and by their friendly ways they have won the confidence of Malayans and helped foster closer understanding between the two countries’. When the party came back to New Zealand their Malayan songs pleased audiences here too, and this prompted ‘Maori Soldiers Sing Melodies of Malaya’.

During the Coronation Ceremonies at Ngaruawahia this October (see page 30 of this issue), the son of Princess Piki Paki, and grandson of King Koroki, was baptised by the Rev. G. I. Laurenson (seen here holding the child). The child was named Maharaia Piki Paki, in memory of the late Maharaia Winiata, who was closely associated with the King Movement.