more modern form, accompanied by Western instruments (and I don't mean guitars), there could come from this fusion of our two cultures a new and living art. If, after hearing such music, younger Maoris and Europeans should take a greater interest in the chants in their traditional form, then so much the better. A start on interpretative music of this kind has been made in the ‘Songs with Strings’ records by Phyllis Williams with the Alex Lindsay Orchestra. By marrying the Maori chant and the European orchestra into a cohesive unit, this performance has shown us what a superb culture we as New Zealanders could have by fusing Maori and European cultures. In other words, we could again have a living culture, instead of a dying art. Mrs Hill, formerly Amy Mihi Taylor, belongs on her mother's side to Ngati Raukawa; her father is Pakeha. She was educated at Horowhenua College. Hukarere College and Victoria University. For two and a half years she worked with the Broadcasting Corporation in Wellington, spending much of this time studying and classifying the Maori records in the broadcasting archives. Aged 24, she lives in Wellington.

? Miss Tui Uru, a Christchurch contralto singer and radio announcer, has returned to New Zealand after eight years overseas. These eight years were ‘crammed with music and sightseeing’. Miss Uru left Christchurch in 1955 to take part in the City of Sydney Eisteddfod, winning 11 first places, two second places and other awards. After this she set off for London, where again she had much success; among other public performances, she took part in a concert programme at Wigmore Hall and sang as a soloist at the Westminister Central Hall. During the day Miss Uru worked in an office, and in the evening she studied music, languages, and singing. She specialised in recital work, which she prefers to operatic singing.

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