I tera atu tau, i puta te Ripoata a Te Hana, a, i reira ka ki mai ia, he mea pai me ka kuhu te Maori ki roto i te tikanga Pakeha, a, kia tere hoki te kuhu. I reira ano ka ki mai ia me marena te Maori ki roto i te Pakeha, kia kotahi ai te toto, a, kia kaha ai te tangata. Ki taku whakaaro, kaore e tika tona meinga mai kia tere te kotahi o te iwi. Ko taku whakaaro, me waiho ma te wa e kite te kotahitanga o te iwi. Kaore e tere te marena o te Maori i te Pakeha, engari waiho ma te aroha e tutuki kia taea. Kei te haere mai te taima ka kite tatou, he kotahi te iwi o Aotearoa; kaore te iwi Maori, kaore te iwi Pakeha, engari he iwi no nga iwi e rua. Kaore taua taima e tata mai ki a tatou o naianei, engari kei reira, kei te haere mai. Kaore e pai me ka whakatere te haerenga mai o taua wa, engari ko enei etahi atu o oku whakaaro, kia pai ai te haerenga mai o taua taima. Me whakapiki te matauranga o te Maori; me whakarewa nga ahuatanga Maori ki ena o te Pakeha; me hapai te Maori i ona tikanga me ona whenua; a, ka tata haere tatou ki taua wa ka kotahi te iwi. Ko te mea nui rawa atu. ko te matauranga; me he kaore tenei, kaore tatou e tae ki taua taima. No te mea, he iwi matauranga, he iwi mohio ki te whakahaere i te motu, ki te hapai i ona hoa; me he iwi kaore te matauranga, he iwi kaore e mohio ki te whakahaere i te motu, me te hapai i ona hoa. No reira, me kaha te katoa ki te whakapuaki i nga huarahi matautau mo nga tamariki Maori. Me kaha te whakaatu ki nga matua o enei tamariki te take nui mo te matauranga o a ratou tamariki. Inaianei, kei te kite tatou i nga hua o te whakato a o tatou rangatira Maori o tera atu whakatupuranga, ara, a o tatou tipuna, a Apirana, a Te Rangihiroa, a Pomare, me era atu tangata nui. I whai kaha ratou ki te mau i te oranga o te iwi Maori, a, inaianei, kei te kite tatou i o ratou hua. No reira, kei a tatou o tenei whakatupuranga te mahi i te mau i nga mea kia pua mai nga hua o a tatou mokopuna, kia pua mai te iwi kotahi, o te whakatupuranga kei te haere mai. Kei o tatou ringa taua patu, taua oranga mo taua iwi. Me ka kino ta tatou whakatonga i taua kakano, ka puta he iwi kino; me ka pai ta tatou whakatonga, ka pua mai he iwi nui, he iwi nui te mana, he iwi kotahi, ki te oranga o tenei whenua, a, o te ao hoki. No reira, tena koutou. E Porou, e, Te tipi whenua e, Te koki whenua e, Taua ki te hue, Taua ki te matamata, Taua ki te hue, Taua ki te putake, Nopi nopa Pakari hue ha!

? The artist Ralph Hotere, who is at present in Europe on an art scholarship, has spent some time painting in the south of France. He and his wife were offered the job of looking after a villa there during the off-season, and this gave him plenty of time and opportunity to paint what he wanted. Under the terms of his grant, it will be another year before they return to New Zealand. ? At Matakana Island last January, more than 500 guests attended the unveiling of a tombstone erected in honour of Mr Petera Gardiner, a prominent elder, who died last year at the age of 90 years. Guests were present from the Waikato, North Auckland, Auckland, and districts throughout the Bay of Plenty. Several Roman Catholic priests conducted a mass in honour of the unveiling. ? An Open Day held at Ratana Pa recently was attended by several hundred people, some of whom had never before been to the pa. The occasion was so successful that it is hoped to make it an annual event. ? If there doesn't seem to have been very much about your own district in ‘Te Ao Hou’ lately, this is probably because no-one from there remembered to send us any news recently. We would very much like to be able to publish more news, and would be grateful for more contributions from readers—accounts of meetings, weddings, obituaries, photographs, and anything else of interest. They don't have to be long, and they don't necessarily have to be very carefully worded; you can leave this to the Editor if you wish. We are always glad to receive articles, stories and poems, also. All contributions published are paid for.