Waikato visitors join in a waiata after the unveiling of Mr Watene's headstone. Unveiling at Petone The unveiling of a tombstone in memory of Puti Tipene Watene was held at Te Puni Street cemetery, Petone, on the weekend of June 14 to 16. It was an occasion that prompted the attendance of between 1,500 and 2,000 people, Pakeha and Maori, some of importance, the majority of humble status, who came to pay a final tribute to a man they respected and loved. The Watene family received their guests at the Ati Awa meeting house in Petone—Te Tatou-o-te-Po—and to people who are familiar with this marae, they will appreciate the difficulties which must have confronted the organising committee in conducting a hui on this great scale. The first of the many manuhiri to enter the marae was a party of very young and self-conscious Maori and Pakeha students of the Department of Anthropology, Victoria University of Wellington. They were led by Pakaka Tawhai, a student of Maori language, and Koro Dewes, lecturer in Maori studies. The university group was followed by Ngaiterangi of Tauranga, the home tribe of the present Eastern Maori member of parliament, Mr P. Reweti. Then came a contingent from the East Coast and Gisborne districts. Te Tatou-o-te-Po is situated in the main road to Lower Hutt, and the movement of traffic on this highway was constant throughout the entire weekend as cars, buses, vans and motor-scooters halted to unload and pickup their cargo of visitors. Simply by observing the traffic that called at Te Tatou-o-te-Po, the different tribal districts attending the tangi could be identified if the people themselves were not always recognisable. They came from Ngapuhi, Tuhoe, Whanau-a-Apanui, Te Aitangia - a - Mahaki, Te Whakatohea, Te Arawa, Ngati-Whatua, Ngati-Awa, Maniapoto, Raukawa, and Kahungunu to name but a few. Among the official party were Te Atairangikaahu, Queen of the Waikato tribes, the Minister of Maori Affairs, Mr Hanan, the American Ambassador, Mr Henning, Sir Turi Carroll, Chairman of the New Zealand Maori Council and Mr P. Reweti, M.P. for Eastern Maori. There were too, many notable kaumatua such as Mr Arnold Reedy of Ngati-Porou, Mr Henare Tuwhangai and Mr Paraire