were equalled by his wife Kaa, who was herself an active member. The next step was the renovation of Te Ao Marama, the very old church hall. This became the permanent home of the Young Women's Fellowship, formed under Mrs Bennett's influence. The Youth Club is to be congratulated on their devotion to the work of the church. There has been little time for other social activities, and realising this, members have as much as possible endeavoured to make the club a social life within itself. There are weekly rehearsals and one regular weekly engagement. They call their evening ‘A Night in Maoriland’, and create a gala effect. The supper often includes fresh shellfish which they have travelled to the coast during the day to collect, crabs, lobsters Maori bread and sometimes puha. The women have been busy too, with bazaars and catering for functions. The women of the parish have also had a considerable influence on the design of the renovated buildi. Many New Features Planned Among the features of the finished building will be a Lady Chapel facing the waters of Lake Rotorua. On these windows will be sandblasted an impression of Christ walking on the waters. There will be a glassed-in, soundproofed room where parents can retire with crying children. As the room will be equipped with speakers, they will not miss the service. It will also house television cameras when necessary. It is sad that Manu will not be able to see the plan through to its final stage, but he has left with his parishioners an unflagging determination to see a restored St. Faith's standing, as proudly as it has ever done, beside Lake Rotorua.

The Maori Adolescent by Manu Bennett The symptoms and patterns by which we identify the adolescent, as laid down by the experts, would seem to indicate that no matter what race or culture forms the background to this individual, he will always stand out as a breed apart. He is the person who stands between two distinct patterns of existence: the existence of childhood, and the existence of adulthood. This is the critical turning-point described by St Paul: ‘When I was a child I thought as a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, but when I became a man I put away childish things.’ The age of the adolescent is the period of the putting away of childish things in order to become a man.

The Period of ‘Storms and Stresses’ Like every other person coming to maturity, the Maori adolescent does not escape the ‘storms and stresses’ of life at this period. With other adolescents, he experiences the physical, psychological and emotional changes which so vividly mark the period of the teenager. In times past, adolescents have been described in many ways. A generation ago a particularly significant description was to be found in the term ‘flapper’, used to designate the female of the species. It is interesting to note that the dictionary meaning of the word ‘flapper’ is ‘one yet in the nest, vainly attempting to fly while his wings have only pin feathers’. In a way, the fledgling bird and the fledgling human are driven by the same urge: the urge to set forth. In so doing, most young people make it the first time, but some for a variety of reasons need to try two and three times. During childhood, the average family represented a collective form of security where the father was the ‘shield and buckler’, where the mother gave the life and the father gave the living, where the child accepted his lot automatically. The authority over the group was vested in the father, especially since under normal Pakeha circumstances, the immediate family circle was, by and large, the responsible ‘kinship unit’. The Maori child needed and received the