Te Ao Hou THE MAORI MAGAZINE PUBLISHED QUARTERLY by the Department of Maori Affairs and sponsored by the Maori Purposes Fund Board. PRINTED by Pegasus Press Ltd. N.Z. SUBSCRIPTIONS: One year 7/6 (four issues), three years £1. Rate for schools: 4/- per year (minimum five subscriptions). From all offices of the Maori Affairs Department and from the editor. EDITORIAL ADDRESS: Box 2390. Wellington, New Zealand. OVERSEAS SUBSCRIPTIONS: England and other countries with sterling currency: one year 10s, three years £1 5s. Australia: one year A13s 6d, three years £A1 11s 6d, U.S.A., Hawaii and Canada: one year $1.50, three years $3.50. Other countries: the local equivalent of sterling rates. BACK ISSUES (N.Z. rates). Issue nos. 18–23, 25, and 27–52 are available at 2/6 each. A very few copies of issue nos. 12, 13, 16 and 24 are still available at 5/- each. Other issues are now out of print. (Overseas rates for back issues are available on request). CONTRIBUTIONS IN MAORI: Ko tetahi o nga whakaaro nui o Te Ao Hou he pupuri kia mau te reo Maori. Otira ko te nui nga o nga korero kei te tukua mai kei te reo Pakeha anake. Mehemea hoki ka nui mai nga korero i tuhia ki te reo Maori ka whakanuia ake te wahanga o ta tatou pukapuka mo nga korero Maori. Statements in signed articles in Te Ao Hou are the responsibility only of the writers concerned. THE MINISTER OF MAORI AFFAIRS: The Hon. J. R. Hanan. THE SECRETARY FOR MAORI AFFAIRS: J. M. McEwen. EDITOR: Margaret Orbell. ASSOCIATE EDITOR (Maori text): E. B. Ranapia. Contents December 1965 STORIES The Story of Hihi-o-tote 22 The Legend of Hatupatu and the Bird-Woman 31 POETRY A Famous Oriori from Turanga 19 Temperance Songs of the 1880s 25 Bright Birds, Frederick C. Parmée 52 ARTICLES In Memoriam: Hoani Waititi, Harry Dansey 6 Study Centre in Rotorua, Terry Simpson 10 Our World Tour, Kingi Ihaka 13 Planning for Your Children's Future, Vei Puke 17 Transcriptions of Authentic Maori Chant: part six, Mervyn McLean 34 The Story of a King Carnival 42 Some Critical Thoughts on Competitions, Alan Armstrong 45 The Meeting house Porourangi, Henrietta Kaiwai 48 How Ruatoria Got Its Name, Caroline Te Rauna 49 Three Religious Faiths, Bernard Gadd 50 The American Field Service, Keri Kaa 53 FEATURES People and Places 26 Book Reviews 54 Record Reviews 58 Crossword Puzzle 61 Haere Ki O Koutou Tipuna 63 COVER: The three prize-winners in the national Korimako Trophy oratory contest for Maori fifth and sixth formers held in Wellington last August. First prize went to 16-year-old Donna Awatere (right) of Auckland, who is holding the trophy, second prize to John Barrett, aged 18, of Te Kuiti, and third prize to Miriama Scott, aged 16, of Wellington, (Photograph by Ans Westra). Sponsored by the Maori Education Foundation and the Post Primary Teachers' Association, the contest is to be held annually. The carved trophy was given by the Governor-General Sir Bernard Fergusson. Illustrations: Page 13. Roger Hart. Pages 16 and 22. Gordon Walters. Back cover, Theo Schoon.