MAORI CLUBS

Whakatane At the Annual General Meeting of the Whakatane Maori Youth Club, held at the Wairoka Meeting house last March, the following Officers were elected. President: Mr C. C. Taylor. Vice-President: Mr T. Riini. Secretary-Treasurer: Mr T. Kirk. Culture Leaders: Mrs Mate Harawira and Mr B. Keepa.

Putiki Club to visit Fiji Twenty-eight members of the Putiki Maori Club plan to visit Fiji this year, following an invitation made three years ago in Wanganui by Ratu (chief) Edward Cakobau of Fiji. The Club members were due to fly by chartered plane on 20 August for a two-week tour of the island as guests of the Fijian Chief, who was educated in Wanganui. They hope to give one or two concerts, but the main purpose of the tour is for an exchange of cultures.

Awataha Christchurch A most unusual group is Te Ropu Maori o te Kura Awataha, the 60-strong Maori Club at Avonside Girls' High School, Christchurch. Its leaders are Mrs Gladys Stiles and Miss Marguerite Foxon. The club was formed at the beginning of the 1964 school year, with 30 members. The girls were completely new to Maori Culture, but were so keen that meetings had to be held

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