John Saunders photo four-hundred people attended the tangi at Te Kao last September of the late Mrs Bertha Frances Watt, who was aged 100. Mrs Watt, a Pakeha, taught at Te Kao school with her husband for 20 years. After they retired they stayed on at Te Kao, advising and helping the Maori people of the district, who regarded Mrs Watt as an elder of the Aopouri tribe and affectionately called her ‘our mother’. In the photograph above, taken at a func- Daily Telegraph photo tion held earlier this year to mark her 100th birthday, Mrs Watt is shown with two lifelong friends, Mrs Kata Wihi and Mrs M. Matau. the first christian service held in New Zealand was conducted by the Rev. Samuel Marsden on Christmas Day 1814. To mark the 150th anniversary of this event, the Rev. Canon R. H. Rangiihu, vicar of Wairoa, together with Mrs Rangiihu (see photo above), has gone to England on exchange with the Rev. E. R. Marsden, great-grandson of the Rev. Samuel Marsden. Mr Marsden is coming to New Zealand to take part in anniversary celebrations here. On 20 December, Canon Rangiihu will preach in Westminster Abbey, and he and his wife will spend Christmas at Pendeen, Cornwall, the parish of which the Rev. E. R. Marsden is vicar. During their stay, Canon Rangiihu will present to Queen Elizabeth, as a token of the harmony between Maori and Pakeha, an historic mere which for many generations has been in the possession of the Maori people of Wairoa. the first maori dancer to compete in a world amateur ballroom dancing championship, Mr Joe King, with Mrs King (see photo left) recently represented New Zealand at the world championships in Sydney. Mr King comes from Panguru, and he and his wife now live at Christchurch. They have a long list of dancing successes behind them, including almost all the New Zealand titles.