mediate School was placed second and the Ohau Maori Youth Club was third. The Senior section was won by Ngati Poneke, Wellington, with the Ruatoki group of Taneatua and the Waioeka group of Opotiki second and third. Mr C. Williams, director of the Publicity Division of the Tourist and Publicity Department was lavish in his praise of what he heard in the junior contest and said that the performances of the senior groups were the finest he had ever seen.

Won Three Times Mr Tamati Te Patu, M.M., kaumatua of the Mawai-Hakona Maori Association which meets every Sunday evening at Silversteam Hall. Upper Hutt, holds the Kingi Tahiwi Memorial Challenge Cup. The trophy, competed for annually at the Wellington Competition Society's Festival, is for the best original action song and has been held by Mawai-Hakona for the last three years.

St Joseph's Centennial At right is Agnes Morunga, head girl of St. Joseph's Maori Girls' College, Greenmeadows, welcoming guests at the centennial celebrations last October, and below are some of the present pupils performing the double long poiduring the entertainment provided for the visitors. The celebrations began on Saturday, 21 October with a welcome to Bishop O. N. Sneddon of Wellington who celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving and unveiled a statute depicting St. Joseph as a Maori. A banquet and ball, a monster hangi and entertainment by the pupils were included in the programme. Theo Kist