were testing themselves out in front of a large audience before performing for the Queen Mother on 30 April.

Ngarimu Scholarships Nine scholarships were awarded this year by the Ngarimu VC and 28th (Maori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board. Secondary school scholarships were awarded to Mary Hovell, of Gisborne Girls' High School, and to Frank Walker, of Gisborne Boys' High School. A scholarship awarded last year to Ronald James Lockwood was renewed. The three new university scholarships awarded this year went to Rhys Michael Barlow (Victoria University of Wellington), Paul Samuel Ngata Howe (University of Waikato) and Deanne Betty Marina Wihongi (Massey University of Manawatu). Scholarships were continued this year for Susan Lee Brown (Victoria University of Wellington), Eric Woodbine Pomare (University of Otago) and Paratene Ngata (University of Otago).

Representation Essential The Board of Governors of Taupo nui a Tia College have set up a sub-committee to consult Maori members of the community about Maori representation on the Board. The chairman of the board, Mr C. S. Currie, said he thought it essential that the Maori people should have a representative on the board to present their viewpoint. The new sub-committee will seek nominations for the position from members of the Taupo Maori community.

Sculptures for Assembly Hall Artist Mr Para Matchitt has recently completed work on the new assembly hall of Sacred Heart Girls' College, Hamilton, for which he designed a mural and carved four 18 ft wooden sculptures. The sculptures have been set in concrete below floor level on either side of the stage. Two of them represent a man and a woman, and the other two, the going out into the world and the division between heaven and earth. They have been left in natural totara colour and blend well with the wood panelled walls and bronze stage curtains. Speaking of his choice of Maori myth themes, Mr Matchitt said, “It is a subject I have studied deeply and this is a personal interpretation. As such the work has ceased to be straight Maori carving.” Mr Para Matchitt with two of the sculptures