reira, ka nuku matou ki Regina. I konei, ka rongo matou, ko tenei te kainga i whaka-akongia ai a tatou tamariki—Maori, Pakeha—i nga ra o te Pakanga Tuarua, ki te rere manurere, a, kei te mau mahara tonu ratou ki etahi o aua tamariki. I Regina, ka haere matou ki Port Arthur. Atu i reira, ki Ottawa, koia nei te taone tumuaki o Kanata. Na te mangai o Niu Tireni ki Kanata, na Sir Leon raua ko Lady Gotz matou i whakamanuhiri, i manaaki. E toru nga ra ki Ottawa, ka nuku atu matou ki New York. Ka mutu pea te taone weriweri i tenei. I kite matou i te wahi e karangatia nei ko ‘Harlem’—he wahi noho no nga iwi mangumangu, he wahi mataku, kino, aha ake. I New York, ka haere matou ki Chicago, atu i reira ki Salt Lake City, Utah, a ki Los Angeles. Tae atu matou ki Los Angeles, e pakanga ana nga iwi mangumangu o taua taone nui, ki nga Pakeha. He tokomaha nga tangata i mate i kohurutia. Tae mai ana te mataku ki a matou. E wha ra matou ki reira, ka rere atu matou ki Las Vegas, te kainga rongonui o te ao mo te purei moni. Ka mutu pea te kainga ataahua i tenei. Ka kite matou i te moni e rere ana ano he wai te kaha o te rere! Kotahi noa te ra o matou i reira, he mataku no matou, kei pau a matou moni ruarua nei i nga mihiini purei moni! Ko te taone nui i muri mai i noho ai matou mo nga wiki e rua, ko Vancouver; he taone ataahua, he taone hoki he tokomaha nga tangata o Aotearoa nei kei reira e noho ana. Atu i reira, ka hoki ano matou ki Winnipeg, he tono mai na nga rangatira o taua taone me hoki pera atu matou kia whakanuia ano matou i mua atu to matou wehenga mai i Kanata. Tino nui a ratou manaaki i a matou. Ko te hotera i noho ai matou i reira, kahore he utu; nga kai, nga manaaki maha me nga tikanga katoa, kahore he utu. I Winnipeg, ka rere matou ki Toronto; atu i reira, ki London, Ontario. E wha ra matou ki reira, a, no te ra tuarua, ka tae mai te New Zealand National Band ki reira. Tino tangi matou i to matou tutakinga ki o matou whanaunga hoa hoki i roto i tenei ropu nui, ara, ki a Don Manunui me ana tuahine. No te atatu ka haere atu matou ma te pahi i London, ki Toronto; atu i Toronto ma te manurere ki New York; atu i reira, ki Ran-ana, Ingarangi. E wha o matou ra i reira. I haerengia e matou nga wahi nunui katoa. I kite matou i nga whare rongonui o te ao. I were murdered while we were there. We were terrified. After four days in Los Angeles we left by plane for Las Vegas, the world-famous gambling city. It is a beautiful city, however. There we saw money flowing as smoothly as if it had been water! We were there for only a day, as we were rather scared that what little funds we had would be eaten up by the gambling machines! Our next major city was Vancouver, where we stayed for two weeks. This is indeed a beautiful city, and we found a number of New Zealanders living there. From there we returned to Winnipeg, in response to an invitation from the people of Winnipeg, who had asked us to return there before our departure from Canada. They treated us most royally. The hotel in which we stayed was free of charge; the food, the hospitality, and everything done for us there was complimentary. From Winnipeg we travelled by plane to Toronto and from there to London, Ontario. We were there four days, and on the second day the New Zealand National Band arrived. We shed tears of joy when we met our relations and friends, especially Don Manunui and his group. Early one morning we travelled from London to Toronto by bus, then flew to New York, and from there to London, England. We were there for four days. We visited many distinguished and historic places, and saw world-famous buildings. We performed there, singing and dancing before an extremely large audience in Trafalgar Square. We left London on a plane on which Princess Alexandra and her husband were also travelling. Because of the war between India and Pakistan, our plane criss-crossed to Germany, Egypt, Teheran, Colombo and Bangkok, then finally landed at Hong Kong. What a great place Hong Kong is! It must be seen to be believed. There are nearly four million people living in Hong Kong, most of them Chinese. Extreme poverty is to be seen there, and also extreme wealth. In fact in such a brief account, one cannot convey an adequate impression of such an extraordinary place. After ten days there we flew home to New Zealand, arriving on 29 September. During our tour overseas we travelled over 40,000 miles, 10,000 miles by bus and 30,000 miles by plane. Often we would travel two days on a bus—night and day, night and day—before we arrived at our destination.