Mrs Te Ao Petera (left) and Mrs Wairama Orupe, both of Ruatahuna, are foundation members of the League. They were among the many people who attended the Conference as observers. Mrs R. Wright (left) and Mrs E. Serjeant were the two delegates from the Hamilton District Council. when we are united, we are strong. In unity there is strength of purpose and of deed. ‘Tatau Tatau’, meekly spoken, can do much to soothe and pacify. It creates tolerance and kindness whenever it is required. ‘Tatau Tatau’, with its repetitive formation similar to the pattern of the haka, and spoken just as boldly, becomes a challenge. ‘Tatau Tatau’: together we will do all things conducive to the attainment of our aims and objects. If this be so, we then are truly living our motto! Kia Ora, wahine ma, Tatau Tatau.

Betty Hunia who wrote this story is from Te Teko. She is in the sixth form at Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Te Kata Whakamutunga Na Peti Hunia o Te Teko E haere ana ahau ki te hararei. I te iwa karaka o te po a te Taite, ka haere taku tereina mo Okaihau. I tuku ahau i te teihana o Whangarei. I tae atu to matau tereina i te rua karaka i te ata, a, ka noho ahau ki te kainga o taku hoa. I te po o te Paraire, ka whakatikatika matau katoa mo tetahi kanikani e tu ana i tetahi wahi, e kia ana ko te ‘Sky Lounge’, a, e timata ana i te tekau ma rua karaka. I a matau e whakatikatika ana, ka tae mai a Pita, te tungane o taku hoa, ma runga i tona motoka, he ‘Ford Fairlane’. I tenei, ka tino koa taku ngakau, no te mea he tino rawe te ahua o tona motoka ki ahau. Ka haere katoa matau, a, tae noa ki te whare kanikani. I to matau taenga atu, ka tiro mai nga Pakeha me nga Maori ki a matau e tuku ana i tenei motoka. E whakaaro ana pea ratau, ko wai ra enei Maori. He tauhou ano hoki oku hoa ki tenei wahi. Heoi, ka uru matau ki roto i te whare kanikani, a, ka tirotiro haere ahau. Mohio tonu nga tangata o Whangarei he tangata tauhou ahau, ina hoki, tata tonu te ngahoro mai o aku karu. Ki oku nei whakaaro, he tino rawe hoki te whare kanikani nei. Kaore e rite ana ki nga kanikani e mohio ana ahau i taku kainga. I reira, he tamariki anake te nuinga o nga tangata e kanikani ana; engari i tenei wahi, ko ahau pea te tino tamariki o tenei iwi kanikani. I ahau e kanikani ana, ka kite ahau i etahi o oku hoa kura, no Aakarana nei. Mutu kau ana ta matau kanikani, ka hoki matau. I muri ake o te hapa ka ki mai a Pita kia haere katoa matau ki te kaukau i Moerewa. Whakaae tonu atu maua tahi ko taku hoa, a, ka haere katoa matau me o matau kaka kaukau. Te taenga atu ki reira, ka kite ahau he awa noa iho te wahi nei, a, tino makariri ana te wai. Korekore ana ahau e korikori. Ka titiro atu ahau ki oku hoa e kaukau ana, ka whakaaro ahau he tino ika nga tangata o tenei