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Housekeeping Course’ in action. They were impressed with the training given and the living quarters provided for the girls. Following afternoon visit to boys' and girls' hostels, the parents were welcomed to the Auckland University's Anthropology Department by Dr P. W. Hohepa, who showed them how the language laboratory operated. Several Maori students were introduced to the group and briefly described their studies. As seven of the parents had sons studying under the carpentry and motor mechanics sections of the trade training scheme, Thursday morning's visit to see the boys at work was a great thrill. The men of the party were particularly interested to see the manufacture of building materials during the afternoon visit to Fletcher Industries. In the evening the parents saw 15 primary and secondary pupils doing their homework under the supervision of Mr and Mrs Dunn at the Orakei Play Centre, and all praised the scheme enthusiastically. After visits to the Post Office Telephone Centre and Crown Lynn Potteries on Friday, and a brief stop at the Museum of Transport and Technology, the party was welcomed at the Mangere marae, where the New Zealand Maori Council was in session. Tea there was the last official engagement, and the parents National Publicity Studios Dr Hohepa with Northland parents, some of whom come from his home district, Panguru were then free to make private visits before leaving for home on Sunday 14 August, after a most successful trip. National Publicity Studios Miss Suzanne hall demonstrates bulk preparation of food at the National Women's Hospital