photo by Evening Post, Wellington photo by Daily Post, Rototua People and Places Two of the mayors elected in the recent local body elections are Maoris. Petone's new mayor and mayoress are Mr and Mrs Ralph Love (see photo above). Both Mr Love and his wife Flora belong to the section of Te Ati Awa which migrated from Waitara to the Wellington district in about 1810; among Mr Love's ancestors are Wi Tako, Wharepouri and Te Puni, all famous figures in their day. Earlier this year Ralph Love retired from an administrative career which began in 1925, when he became one of the few Maori cadets in the Native Trust Office. Later he was in charge of the rents section in Wanganui, and spent some years as a development officer. Graded out of overseas service, he spent most of the war years as a liaison officer with the Maori War Effort Organisation. Subsequently he spent two periods as private secretary to Sir Eruera Tirikatene, M.P., was Deputy Registrar of the Maori Land Court, and in 1960 was secretary of a delegation to an F.A.O. conference in New Delhi. Later he was engaged in land title and industrial integration work in the Maori Affairs Department. Known throughout the country for his services to Maori rugby, Ralph Love has since 1947 been a member of the New Zealand Rugby Union, representing Maoris in rugby. He and his wife have a daughter, Marienui, who before her marriage was a secondary school teacher of home science, and a son, Ralph, who is an accountant with a Petone firm, and has been elected a Petone Borough Councillor. Mr Percy Murphy (see photo above), a company director aged 41, is the new mayor of Murupara. Married with six children, Mr