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Te Ao Hou THE MAORI MAGAZINE Number 65 December 1968–February 1969 stories page How Tapa-kakahu's Fish-hook was Taken by a Kahawai, Margaret Orbell 6 Ko Te Toka-namu-a-Mihimarino, Hera 8 poetry Maori, Rowley Habib 9 Pakeha, Rowley Habib 9 Hika Ake Au I Taku Ahi, Kathleen Grattan 52 The Challenge, John Barrett 52 articles The Indians of the Southwest and Some of their Dances. S. M. and J. E. Mead 10 Tuwharetoa Timber Incorporations, E. R. Clark 23 Myra Love's Visit Home 25 Carpentry Trainees at Hutt Show 26 Maori Council Visits Trentham 27 Young Maori Man and Woman of the Year 28 Harakeke Weaving School, Miria Simpson 30 Consecration of New Bishop of Aotearoa 32 Fiftieth Anniversary of the Ratana Church 35 Journey into the Past, Barry Mitcalfe 40 Education for Citizenship Course 44 School Goes to the Community 48 Women's Health League Conference 51 features Haere Ki O Koutou Tipuna 2 Letters 5 People and Places 37 Younger Readers' Section 53 Books 57 Records 62 Crossword 64 front cover: Watching the marching at the Ratana hui (see p. 35). back cover: The costume of the Aztec Indians from Mexico is different from Pueblo Indian costume. This group of Aztec Indian dancers was invited to perform at the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial (see article on p. 10). —Photo by courtesy of the New Mexico Department of Development