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Music at Next Year's Festival of the Pines The Maori Suite, composed by Ashley Heenan and presented at a concert for Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in Wellington earlier this year, is to be performed at New Plymouth's ‘Festival of the Pines’ next February. The work, which requires a large chorus, two soloists and an orchestra, will be conducted at the Bowl of Brooklands by Mr Heenan. The choir of 50 or 60 wil be chosen and trained by Mr Frank Robinson of Hawera, who took a major singing role in Hinemoa and Tutanekai at the Bowl earlier this year. A nucleus of singers from Hinemoa and Tutanekai will be used in the choir, and all members will wear traditional costumes. The N.Z.B.C.'s Little Symphony Orchestra —35 players from the Symphony Orchestra will be featured in the one-night production. Kiri Te Kanawa, now training at the London Opera Centre, will sing at the Festival on 11 and 13 February, during her two weeks' stay in New Zealand. She will leave on 17 February to continue her studies overseas. Her return fare will be paid by the Bowl of Brooklands Trust.

National Headquarters for League With the acquisition of a property in Burnell Avenue, Wellington, the Maori Women's Welfare League has taken an essential step towards independence, and a dream of foundation members has come true. The new headquarters is a neat two-storeyed weatherboard house set in a beautiful garden. There is also a brick garage and a storage shed. It is an investment that will continue to increase in value, and when it has been made freehold will still be earning money for the League.

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