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Te Ao Hou THE MAORI MAGAZINE Contents December, 1964 Page STORIES Lest We Forget, Nick Karaitiana 7 The Positive Approach, Kathleen Mayson 11 POETRY The Burial Cave, Valerie Fox 14 Taku Kainga, Valerie Fox 14 Pinepine te Kura (‘Little Tiny Treasure’) 20 ARTICLES The Very Rev. J. G. Laughton 4 A Trip to Tonga, Eve Magee 5 Mr Frank Winter 17 Kia U, Kia Mau Ki To Maoritanga, Sam Karetu 18 The Oral Literature of the Polynesians, Bruce Biggs 23 A Visit to St Joseph's Maori Girls' College 26 A Forgotten Treasure 28 Maori Clubs 34 Transcriptions of Authentic Maori Chant: part two, Mervyn McLean 35 Meeting Maoris In Other Lands, Alan Armstrong 40 Spreading the Word, John Booth 49 A Foundation for the Future? Kenneth C. Gartner 50 FEATURES Book Reviews 55 Record Reviews 59 Crossword Puzzle 61 Haere ki o Koutou Tipuna 62 COVER: Miss Kiri Te Kanawa, a talented Auckland soprano who has had a remarkable series of successes in competition events, was this year's winner of the John Court Aria contest at the Auckland Competitions. Miss Te Kanawa, who is aged 20, is studying singing on a Maori Education Foundation scholarship. She hopes to compete in next year's Australian Sun Aria contest, and later on to study overseas. She has a minor role in the newly-released New Zealand film, ‘Runaway’. Illustrations: page 11, Graham Percy. Back cover, Gordon Walters.