his injuries were not serious, and two months later he left for Malaya with the 1st Battalion. In the last Queen's Birthday Honours, Sergeant Williams received the award of the British Empire Medal (Military Division). Before he was formally invested with his award by the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Fergusson, Sgt. Williams was feeling somewhat apprehensive—‘But His Excellency said a few words that meant a lot to me,’ he said. ‘He spoke in Maori to say, “my heart swells for you”.’ fifteen-year-old Donald Uatuku (see photo above), a pupil at Wairoa College, recently won the New Zealand Junior Light Welterweight title in this year's junior amateur championships. Donald is the son of Mr Waewae Uatuku and Mrs Mapihi Uatuku of Te Reinga Pa, near Wairoa. His boxing coaches are Mr Mokomoko and Mr S. Duncan. This photograph of him was sent in by a neighbour, Mrs M. A. Wright, who says, ‘I well remember the day when one of the lads from the school slipped and fell fifty feet over the Te Reinga falls. That boy owes his life to Donald. Nobody else would have known where to run. Nobody else could have shot out his foot at just the right spot so that the drowning boy could grasp it and be hauled ashore. Donald knew the exact spot and he did the only thing that could have saved his mate. And did he boast? Not a bit. It was all in a day's march to Donald.’ every tuesday evening Pakeha adults in Gisborne spend two hours practising action songs. poi dances and stick games (some of them are shown performing in the photo above, right). Mrs Maka Jones of Gisborne tutors the classes in collaboration with Mr Koro Dewes, a lecturer in the Extension Department, University of Auckland. From March to August of this year, the first class consisted of 19 adult students. Enthusiasm was such that when a second course was instituted from August to November, 40 people enrolled. Additional activities of the classes have been the making of headbands and bodices, the acquisition of piupiu, the entertainment of parents at a social evening at Mangapapa School, participation in Gisborne's annual Maori cultural competitions and close collaboration with the Savage Club. Mr Jones' services have also been keenly sought by the children of Mangapapa Primary School and students at Gisborne Boys' and Girls' High Schools. At the University of Auckland, classes in Maori culture are in their second year. Last year Mrs Taku Trotman and her assistant Mrs Jean Wikiriwhi pioneered adult education classes in this most popular activity. Designed for those with little or no knowledge of Maori culture, the set of twenty lessons aims at teaching four action songs, three poi dances and two stick games. Teachers generally, specialist teachers, social workers and housewives have been the most enthusiastic students. In Auckland this year, so many people have enrolled that the tutor Mrs Pare Irwin has had to cope with two large classes on the same night.