Maori Bible through the press. Mr Laughton has been a member of the Maori Purposes Fund Board for many years, and of the Ngarimu Scholarship Fund Board since its inception. In 1956, on the constitution of the Presbyterian Maori Synod, Mr Laughton became its first Moderator, a position he occupied until his retirement six years later. Since then he has undertaken part-time work in the Rotorua district, where he has greatly endeared himself to the members of the Tuhoe tribe now living there. The following tribute to Hoani Rotene was written for Te Ao Hou by one of his mokai tauira, the Rev. Tame Hawea, of Wellington. ‘E kōrero ana ētahi kupu, “I tonoa mai he tangata e te Atua, ko Hoani tōna ingoa. I harere mai ia hei kaiwhakaatu, hei whakaatu mō te mārama, kia meinga ai nga tāngata kia whakapono.” Tūhoe nui tonu, otirā te iwi Maori nui tonu, ehara māku te whakamārama, te whakapuaki rānei i ngā mihi ki tēnei kaumātua; arā atu a nui mā. Engari he wāhi i tukuna mai ki a au. Me pēwhea ake hoki he kōrero i ngā kupu tonu o roto i te Rongopai. Ko Hoani Rōtene te tūturutanga o te Maoritanga. He tangata hūmārie i tuku i a ia tata tonu anō ki te mate mō tōna iwi, kia riro ai i a rātou ngā taonga e kōrerotia nei e tātou te whakapono, te tūmanako, te aroha. Rima tekau ngā tau i takatū ai ia mō tāua. Kei roto i ngā rekoata kua mutu tana mahi, kua ritaea. Ko ngā mea kei te mōhio ki tēnei kaumātua kei te mātau kore rawa e mutu tana mahi mō tōna iwi. Ko te wawata a tōna iwi kia tohungia ia kia tino aru te pai me te atawhai i a ia.’

Visit to Tonga — ‘The Friendly Islands’ by Eve Magee Among the 30 New Zealanders who attended the annual conference of the Pan Pacific and South-East Asia Women's Association in Tonga last August, were four Maori women, all members of the Maori Women's Welfare League: Mrs M. Hirini, Mrs R. Takarangi, Mrs Te A. Potaka and Mrs E. Magee. In this article Mrs Eve Magee gives her impressions of the conference. flying from auckland to Fiji, our plane went at a terrific rate, and the trip took only four hours. After spending the night at a Fijian hotel we boarded another plane, not nearly such a grand one this time, for the second part of our journey to Tonga. Beneath us were the mountains of Fiji's interior, the shining rivers and the coastal plantations. Then after three hours above the clouds we came in sight of Tonga, a long thin island with a big lagoon, no mountains and no rivers. Many people were there to meet us at the airport. Pretty girls put leis around our necks, and buses and cars took us to the town of Nuku'alofa. There we were most warmly welcomed by our hosts and hostesses, who billeted us in their homes and did everything possible to look after us and make us feel at home. Everyone in Tonga seemed delighted for us to be there, and they certainly lived up to their country's name as ‘The Friendly Islands’. In their isolated home it needed hard and enthusiastic work to organise such a large conference as this. The Tongan people made a wonderful success of it, and have set a standard it will be difficult for future conferences to follow. I stayed at a very comfortable new house in the heart of the village. Round about us were tall coconut palms, other tropical trees and plants, and hibiscus flowers in full bloom. The weather was fine and very warm.

Seeing the ‘Sights’ Next day we went sight-seeing. Among the ‘sights’ of Nuku'alofa are the Royal Palace, the Royal Chapel, the Tongan High School, the Quen Salote College, and the market-place where local arts and crafts are displayed. We also saw the tombs of the Kings standing imposingly in an area set carefully apart, and visited a village where we saw the whole process of tapa-making being carried out. Flying foxes hang upside down in the trees at Kolo-