welcomes on the Waitangi marae on February 6. Mr Jock McEwen is president of the Mawai-Hakona Maori Association. Mr Koro Dewes (photo, left) has been appointed a lecturer in Maori at the Victoria University of Wellington. Since 1962 Mr Dewes has been a lecturer in Maori in the University Extension Department (previously known as Department of Adult Education) at the University of Auckland. He is the son of Mr Henry Dewes of Te Araroa, a well known farmer on the East Coast. After attending Wesley College in Auckland and Ardmore Teachers' College, Mr Dewes taught for several years at Tikitiki District High School and at St Stephen's School, at the same time finishing his B.A. degree, before becoming a tutor at the Adult Education Department at the University of Auckland. He is at present completing the final stages of his M.A. degree. Koro Dewes is married, with a young family. Mr N. F. Harre (photo. left) has been appointed officer for Maori education in the Department of Education. This position fell vacant some time ago through the death of the late Mr D. M. Jillett. As officer for Maori education with headquarters in Auckland, Mr Harre will be the Department of Education's senior officer dealing with primary, secondary, and higher education for Maoris. In this position he will maintain close liaison with Maori groups and organisations and with other Government departments and agencies (including the Maori Education Foundation) concerned with the welfare of the Maori people. In his previous position as senior inspector of Maori schools. Mr Harre was in charge of the Maori School Service. He had experience in a variety of teaching positions, including country schools in predominantly Maori districts, before entering the inspectorate. Mr Noel S. Whiley (photo, left) is one of the comparatively small number of Maoris who have qualified as engineers. Born in Otaki in 1936, he belongs to the Te Rauparaha line of Ngati Toa. He was educated at Horowhenua College, where he was head prefect, and studied for his engineering degree at Canterbury University, where he was for a time