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Te Ao Hou THE MAORI MAGAZINE Contents December 1962 Page STORIES Kehua, Jo Friday 7 The Payment, E. S. Morgan 11 How Aokapurangi Saved Her People 13 How the Kumara Came to Aotearoa 38 Tuwhakairiora, Mohi Turei 43 ARTICLES A Terrific Rugby Trio, Kara Puketapu 2 Selwyn Wilson: Artist and Teacher, Jocelyn Tarrant 15 Safety In The Water, S. V. Higgins 17 My Year As An American School Girl, Marama Paewai 21 Hostel Luxury at Freezing Works 27 Gisborne's Maori Competitions, Leo Fowler 28 Annual Celebrations at Ngaruawahia 30 Kumaras And Kumara Magic 36 Young Leaders' Conferences 40 Off To Hawaiki? 41 Our Tikitiki Play Centre, Rona Haig 50 Play Centres In Maori Communities, A. Grey 57 Maori Education Foundation Policy 53 FEATURES Letters to the Editor 5 Records, Alan Armstrong 47 Books 48 Education 51 Farming, A. E. Gibson 59 Crossword Puzzle 61 Haere Ki O Koutou Tipuna 63 Our cover photo of Mac Herewini, in his newly acquired and very well deserved All Black jersey, was taken by Ans Westra. The drawing on page 7 and the heading on page 63 are by Gordon Walters. The drawing on the back cover and the one on page 12 are by Theo Schoon. The drawing on page 11 is by William Jones.