at the airport, Mr Herewini, left, discusses itinerary details with another member of the group). The tourist mission discovered that because of the misleading image of the Maori people contained in New Zealand publicity material, ‘many Australians think that Maoris run around in grass skirts’. They have recommended a more balanced portrayal of Maoris in our tourist literature. Among the Anzac veterans who recently returned to Gallipoli for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the original landing were Captain Pirimi Tahiwi and Mrs Tahiwi (see photos below, far left and centre), Mr Jack Hiroti (see photo below, right) and Mr Wati Barclay. Capt. Tahiwi, an elder of Ngati Raukawa of Otaki, is possibly the only surviving officer of the N.Z. Maori Pioneer Battalion that fought at Gallipoli. Severely wounded at Gallipoli, he also served in France and Belgium. After the war he led the New Zealand troops in their march through London to a service at Westminster Abbey. A school-teacher by profession, Capt. Tahiwi for some years taught Maori language and culture at Victoria University. During World War II he served on the army instructional staff. Always keenly interested in Maori welfare, he has been closely associated with many organisations, and for 15 years was president of the Poneke Maori Tribal Committee. Mrs Mairatea Tahiwi, who accompanied her husband on the pilgrimage to Gallipoli, is also well known for her work for Maori welfare. A descendant of Rira Porutu, chief of Pipitea Pa in Wellington in the 1840s, she is a member of Ngati Awa. During World War II she served the Maori war effort in Wellington in a voluntary capacity, dealing with welfare problems resulting from the large numbers of Maori women coming to live in the city at this time. In 1954 Mrs Tahiwi received the M.B.E. in recognition of her services during these years. The first Dominion vice-president of the Maori Women's Welfare League, she has also been associated with many other welfare organisations. Mr Jack Hiroti, of Lower Hutt, the second Maori Anzac veteran in the Gallipoli pilgrimage, belongs to a prominent family of Te Wai-nui-a-rua. He served for four and a half years in World War I; though he suffered only minor injuries, one of his brothers was killed in France. In World War II Mr Hiroti served with the Maori Battalion. He is now a civilian, worker at Trentham Military Camp. The third Maori soldier, Mr Wati Barclay, was wounded at Gallipoli and later served three years in France, gaining a commission. Mr Barclay, who comes originally from Kawhia and is now farming at Kaikohe, was in his time an outstanding and exceptionally versatile rugby player, and was captain of the 1926 Maori All Black team which toured France, England and Canada. He has taken a leading part in rugby administration, especially in the Waikato and in more recent years in North Auckland. He also takes an active interest in many other local organisations. Mr Kuru Waaka, of Rotorua (see photo below) was recently appointed secretary of the Rotorua Maori Arts and Crafts Institute. Mr Waaka, a member of the Tuhourangi tribe, enlisted in the Maori Battalion in 1939 and rose to the rank of captain before being invalided home in 1943. He joined the Rehabilitation Department two years later, and since that time has taken a prominent part in organisations concerned with Maori welfare, especially that of former servicemen. Mr Waaka is married, with nine children.