People and Places

‘City Life’ Discussion Mr Terry Mataio of Rarotonga, a qualified lawyer who works as legal officer for a large insurance firm, chaired a panel discussion for boys and girls in this year's pre-employment course at Wellington. Other panel members were Margaret Holroyd, a Maori Welfare Officer in Wellington who has been associated with the pre-employment courses since 1967, and two Hato Paora old boys, John Ropata of the N.Z.B.C's Maori Programme section, and Stanley White, one of last year's pre-employment students, who is working for the Customs Department. The topic was ‘possible social problems encountered by a newcomer to city life’, and the discussion covered a wide range, involving both panel members and students.

Home From Australia Miss Fae Owen, Atiawa, paid a brief visit to her home in Taranaki over the holiday period. The main reason for her return was to marry Tom Sidney, a Ngati Kahungunu from Nuhaka. They returned to Australia in mid-January, where both are working at the ‘Snowy River Scheme’. Tom as a carpenter and Fae as a secretary. Fae, one of the girls to go through the first ‘typist trainee’ scheme in 1962, worked