conference. New Zealand was given the honour of placing a ‘lei’ round the Governor's neck. This was performed by Mrs Te Kawa. Discussion groups on trade in the Pacific, the population explosion, problems and needs of women, United Nations and advancement of women in business, lectures and talks, interesting discussions on preschool centres, retarded children, care of senior citizens—new industries such as materials from pineapple leaves—‘shelters’, nutrition, culture, education, the working mother and race relations, were held. My own topic in Group 9 was ‘Race Relations in New Zealand’. We discussed help to Aboriginal women in forming play centres in Box Ridge, Australia, Maori Women's Leagues on goodwill visits to Fiji, Fijian P.P.A. as hosts. We paid a visit to Ulu Mau village, the last Hawaiian village in Honolulu, then on to Sea Life Park, where methods are being undertaken to mine the ocean bed for more seafoods, and there is a glorified aquarium of trained porpoises and whales. On a guided tour to the Bishop Museum the Maori delegation told the Director, Dr Force, they would like to pay respects to their kinsman Dr Te Rangihiroa Buck. Led by their elders Mrs Tamihana and Mrs Te Kawa, they chanted a lament to the memory of Dr Te Rangihiroa, followed by the rest of the New Zealand delegation. We went to a church service in the Kawaiahao church, ‘The Westminster Abbey of Hawaii’ built in 1814, then to a “Luau’ at the Willows to honour some of the foundation members. Monday found delegates discussing ‘shelters’ and housing, followed by a visit to the East West Centre where exchanges are made between students. A visit to the Polynesian Village, led by Mrs Niuekirke and Mrs Te Kawa, and escorted by Professor Biggs to the challenge (wero) by Mr Joe Te Ngaio, was one of the highlights. International Night was a great occasion, each nation performing its national dance in costume. The New Zealand Maori group item was an extract from the poem by Sir Apirana Ngata, ‘A Scene from the ‘Past’ recited by Mrs Te Kawa with the group humming a love ditty in the background, followed by an action song and a poi dance. E rua ngā taonga nā ō mātau hoa Pākehā i kōrero; tētahi nā Hana Weka o Ngāti Porou i tuhi, nā te Pākehā i kōrero. Te kaupapa kōrero o te rā whakamutunga: (a) Te noho a ngā whānau i roto i te ao hou—nā Ngapare Hopa. (b) He ako i te noho a te whānau, nā Mrs Niuekirke. I riro i Niu Tīreni te tūnga Perehitini, Mrs Niuekirke, te tūnga hekeretari, Mrs D. Dobson. E rua ēnei wāhine nō te rōpū wāhine o Arahina o Ākarana. I te pō whakamutunga ka haere mātau ki te kāinga o Mrs Lucas. Ahakoa te nui o ngā mahi o te hui, i haere tonu mātau ki Waikiki Beach, Pearl Harbour, Alamoana, Halekalane Hotel, Diamond Head. Ko māua ko Ngapare Hopa i tae ki te Kōti Whakawā tamariki, ā, i tūtaki māua ki te Tiati. Te mea nui ki a au ko te hoahoa, te whakawhiti whakaaro te tuapu taonga, te noho tahi o ēnei iwi. Aku mihi ki te rōpū Māori, ki tō mātau Perehitini, ki te hekeretari, ki te Komiti o Hawaii, ki taku tuakana, ki a Ulu Lani, ki a Ana, ki a Alvina, Lordy, mō te tiaki i a au me aku hoa; e kore koutou e warewaretia. Arohanui. The Pakeha members recited two poems, one written by a Maori girl, Hana Weka of East Coast. The theme of the last day was— (a) The changing pattern of family life in Polynesia—by Ngapare Hopa. (b) Family Life Education—by Mrs Eunice Niuekirke. At the election of officers Mrs Niuekirke was named International President, and Mrs Dorothy Dodson, International Secretary, New Zealand gaining two positions. The conference ended with a barbecue meal at the home of the retiring President, Mrs Lucas. Though the programme was a very tight one delegates were able to visit the shopping centres, Waikiki Beach and Pearl Harbour, and to lunch at Halekalane Hotel. Ngapare Hopa and I were able to meet Judge Corbett and members of the Family Court of Hawaii and visit homes. The exchange of gifts, renewing friendships, making new ones and exchanging ideas made the P.P.S.E.A.W.A. conference one which all New Zealand delegates will never forget. To all members, especially to the Maori group— a big thank you— and to our President and hard working Secretary. Kia ora Molly. To our hosts of the Hawaiian Chapter, to my big sister Ulu Lani, to Ana —thank you for your loving care to me and my Maori friends from Aotearoa. Arohanui to Alvina and Lordy.

THE UNVEILING Why did I weep, for I knew not the child, Nor his parents before this day? Welcomed I was, but still a stranger And, worse, a looker on. Was it the singing, sung from the heart Not from the tight lipped mouth, That moved me, A last lullaby for a lasting sleep? Or the flowers, chosen from gardens, Transmitting love from the living Through arms that had not forgotten How to hold a child? Was it the sobbing of someone close behind me? A faceless grief it was, But mirrored on every face Was the grief of one. The mountain raised its cloud veil of tears, And I looked at my own little one As he played, unconcerned, in the dirt, At the feet of the old women. The wind from the sea caressed his fair head And whispered an answer, Here is the universal love Of a mother for her son. Wendy Chisholm