autaia nei a te neke. Pēnei me te ūpoko teretere nei te ūpoko me te kakī. Erangi ko te roa o taua autaia nei, ēhara i te hanga. I tangohia rawatia e tō rāua rangatira ki waho haere ai, kia kite māua ko te Mākarini. He taru tere te haere. He mangu tōna arero, huhua noa atu ōna koropewapewa … Nō te otinga o ngā raruraru o te Mākarini ki Poihākena kātahi anō ka puta tana kupu kia haere mai mātou whaka te hau tonga, kia kite i ngā whenua o Wikitōria, me ōna tāone hoki o tērā whenua … Nō te taenga atu ki te tāone nui, ki Merepana, kātahi ka mātakitaki. Anā! tā te paparite pai hoki! I tae māua ko te Kāwana ki te whare whakatangitangi o te Kāwanatanga, me te whare mātakitaki āhua. Kei roto kei tērā o aua whare ngā tipua e noho ana, he whakapakoko. Taukiri koe, tēnā iwi, te Pākehā, e! E kore e makere te pātene noa o te kakī o te hāte, kua mataku ia kua mea, ‘Ha! Ha! te pātene o tōu hāte, ka makere! Ka kitea e te wahine Pākehā tō kakī!’ Kāore, tēnā anō ia kai te hanga mārire ki te pohatu he tangata kiri tahanga hei whakaatu māna ki te tangata haere! Ko wai ka mōhio ki ana tikanga! Kāore i taea e mātou te nui o ngā mātakitaki ki taua whenua, me te nui hoki o ngā manaaki a ngā hoa Pākehā o Merepana, i te tata tonu o te raruraru o te Pāremete o Niu Tirani. Na, he kupu whakaatu anō tēnei ki a koutou. E aku hoa o te motu, ahakoa nui noa ngā tikanga a te Pākehā, kotahi anō tikanga i nui ake, ko te mahi anake. Mā te mahi tonu ka whiwhi; mā te māngere, he aha māna? E mōhio ana koutou ki te whakatauākī Māori nei, ‘Ko mahi ko kai; ko noho ko iri’. … Heoi, kua roa aku kōrero whakaatu ki ngā hoa i aku haerenga, otirā kia maha rāpea he reta te taea ai te whakaatu i ngā mea katoa i kitea e au i ngā whenua i haerea nei e au. nā Meiha Rōpata o Ngāti Porou we might see how it moved, and it travelled along very fast. Its tongue is black, and it has a number of rings round its body … When Mr McLean had completed' his business in Melbourne, he informed us that we were about to proceed south, where we should have an opportunity of viewing the towns and districts of Victoria. When we arrived at the main city, Melbourne, we beheld it with admiration. What a fine thing the level country is. I accompanied the Governor to a Government Music Hall [i.e. the Town Hall, with a large organ], and also to a building for the Exhibition of Arts. In this latter building there are some very strange things — images. Really, the Pakehas are a most extraordinary people. They are shocked if a button fall from a man's shirt collar, and they exclaim—‘Mind! Mind the button of your shirt! It has fallen off! The Pakeha women will see your throat!’ And yet they manufacture naked images of stone, and exhibit them to travellers! Who can comprehend the mystery of their ways! We were unable to see all the sights of the country, or to avail ourselves of all the invitations and kindness of the people of Melbourne, owing to the near approach of the session of the New Zealand Parliament. And here, my friends, let me say that of all the features of the Pakehas' character, their industry is the most important and the most valuable. Industry will produce wealth, but what will idfeness produce? You know the Maori adage—‘Industry produces food: indolence produces nothing.’ … I have given your readers a somewhat lengthy account of my travels, but it would require many letters to tell them about everything I saw in the places which I visited. from Major Ropata of Ngati Porou

The chairman of the Kahungunu Maori Committee, Sir Turi Carroll, has announced that £15,000 is to be spent on the Takitimu marae at Wairoa, the central marae of Ngati Kahungunu. A large part of the money will be spent on a new dining hall and kitchen facilities. The dining hall will be of modern design but will including traditional Maori features, including tukutuku work on the walls. Twenty-three members of an Anglican youth club in Feilding recently became the first Pakeha party of official guests ever to visit the Pakaraka Pa at Maxwell, north-west of Wanganui. The leader of the group was the Rev. Broughton, who lived at Maxwell until his ordination in 1964. The visitors slept in the meeting-house and learnt Maori traditions and etiquette.