One of the discussion groups considers a point. In the background is Mr E. R. Braithwaite, the Negro writer who visited New Zealand recently. Director of Adult Education, Auckland. The Organizing Secretary was Mr Koro Dewes. Other members of the official party included Mr T. Tihu, Mr H. Te Heuheu, and Mrs I. Ratana, M.P. The host and discussion group committee included: Mr P. T. H. Jones (Chairman), Mr D. Selwyn (Secretary), Mr B. Jones (Treasurer), Mesdames B. Rauhina, L. Matena, M. Bell, M. Cribb, C. Pokai, J. Hakaraia, H. Jones, B. Barton, and Messrs E. Clarke, H. Amohia, G. Cribb, T. Pihama, T. Hepi, J. Smallman and H. Tatere. The guest speaker on the opening night was Mr D. Jillett, of the Education Department, who spoke especially on the importance of parents' interest in their children's education. The next morning Mr A. Grey, pre-school officer of the Maori Education Foundation, spoke on play-centres—surely one of the most important ways in which parents can show a practical interest in the education and development of their children. The discussion groups of delegates spent much of their time discussing education and its administration. The points they made were many and varied and we have the space here to report only one matter, mentioned initially by Mr Grey, on which there was widespread agreement: it would be a very good thing for Maori children at Kindergartens if more Maori girls were to take up kindergarten teaching—and this is surely a field in which they would do very well. Among other subjects, delegates held discussions under the general heading of ‘Maoritanga’. This followed a data paper, ‘The Marae in the Modern World’, given by Dr A. J. Metge. Special interest was shown in the changing nature of the tangihanga, and the ways in which this is being influenced by modern conditions. Many of the people present, especially the elders, greatly regretted these changes, through most felt that the changes were, to a certain extent, unavoidable.