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He Haere Taiawhio te Ao by Kingi Ihaka E rima nga ropu Maori i whiriwhiringia mo tenei haere; a tau ana, ko matou—tekau-marima, e haere. He ropu matou no te Haahi Mihinare, no Poneke, a ko ahau te kaiwhaka-haere. E toru marama, e toru wiki matou e ngaro atu ana ki tawahi, a, i te roa o ta matou haere, ko nga wahi i tae matou, ko nga mea whakamiharo i mahingia, i kite ranei matou, ko enei anake e taea te tuhi i te mea ko te tono mai ki ahau, me whakarapopoto nga korero. No te 13 a nga ra o Hune, tau 1965, ka rere atu matou i Poneke. Tau atu matou ki Akarana, i reira ka manaakingia, ka mihingia matou e o matou matua, whanaunga maha, me te mea nei, he tino rangatira matou. No taua po ano, ka rere atu matou i Whenua-pai, tau atu ki Nandi, a atu i reira ki Hawaii. Tau atu ana matou, e tu mai ana he kapa haka no te ropu Mori o reira. Tae mai ana te aroha ki a matou i te rironga ma nga Maori ano e powhiri e manaaki matou. Mutu atu ana nga mihi, ka riro matou i te Haahi Mihinare ki te kai, te karakia ata me a ratou manaaki ano hoki i a matou. No te ahiahi ka taka te hakari nui, e 800 nga tangata i reira Our World Tour by Kingi Ihaka The Rev. Kingi Ihaka, leader of the Wellington Anglican Maori Club, describes the recent highly successful world tour made by a group of club members. Of the five Maori groups nominated for the tour, our group of fifteen members was fortunate to be the one selected. We are members of the Wellington Anglican Maori Club; the writer is leader of the group. We were overseas for a period of three months and three weeks, and in view of the length of time we were overseas and the number of places we visited, I have been asked to write a brief account of the wonderful things we saw, and of the group's accomplishments during the tour. We left Wellington on the 13 June, 1965. We arrived at Auckland and were welcomed and royally feted by our many friends and relations there. That same night we left by plane from Whenuapai, landing at Nandi and then going on to Hawaii. We were most moved to discover that a Maori group was the first to welcome us on our arrival at Hawaii. After an exchange of greetings members of the Episcopal Church of America, who acted as our hosts took us for a meal and to a broadcast service. In the evening a luau—a Hawaiian feast, at which 800 guests were present—was held in our honour; the food at this feast was