ko Apanui Wātene, Āpiha Toko i te Ora mō te Gear Works ki Pitoone; ko Timoti Nikora, he Kaikaute o te Tari Tāke Māngai ki Pōneke; ko Robert Mahuta, taungāne o Kuini Te Atairangikaahu, he tohunga nō te Whare Wānanga o Ākarana; ko Tūroa Royal, Āpiha Ako o te Tari mō te Taha Māori, i Ākarana; ko Vernon Winitana, o te Haikura o Hutt Valley ki Lower Hutt; ko Hori Asher, o Tīpene o Bombay ki Pukekohe; ko Tame Hāwea, minita Perehepitiriana o Kawerau; ko Hōhepa Taepa, minita o te Pāriha Māori o Pōneke. I te pō o te Tūrei, 11 Pepuere, 1969, ka whakawhāiti atu mātou tokowaru; kei Ākarana kē hoki a Tūroa Royal rāua ko Robert Mahuta e tatari mai ana, ka whakawhāiti atu mātou ki tō Kara Puketapu, tama a Ihāia Puketapu, kaumātua, koeke o Te Ātiawa, e noho mai rā i Waiwhetū. I tō Kara Puketapu, ka riro mai ō mātou tīkiti, ka tohutohua mai ki ngā āhuatanga o tā mātou haere, ki ngā nawe o tēnei tū poipoinga, ki ō mātou kaiārahi i rāwāhi, atu i tētahi roherohenga ki tētahi atu roherohenga, arā, ki ngā takiwā nohoanga o ngā iwi Inia kiriwhero, mai i te tonga-māuru i Los Angeles, anga atu ki te whenua o Arizona, mārō tonu ki New Mexico. I taua pō ka whakamārama a Kara Puketapu i ngā āhuatanga katoa o ngā whare e noho ai mātou, ngā whare kai, ngā waka mā runga, huarahi, mā runga manu-rere-ao, e tae ai ki mea wāhi, ki mea wāhi. He maha tonu hoki ā mātou patapatai ki a Kara Puketapu, arā, ko te āwangawanga mehemea tūpono ka wherū atu ki rāwāhi. Pai tonu te whakahokianga mai a Kara Puketapu, ko ngā raruraru katoa, he utainga katoa ērā ki runga ki te Kaupaparanga nāna nei te pōwhiri. Ka tau te whakaaro i ngā whakamārama mai. Ao ake i te ata, i te tekau o ngā hāora o te Wenerei ki te marae ki Waiwhetū, ko Puketapu koeke tērā, ko Tioke Tāwhao, minita Perehepitiriana, ko Wiremu Pāka, ko Parāone Pūriri kei runga e poroporoaki ana i tō mātou tira, i roto i te tupuna whare e tū mai rā i Waiwhetū, i Arohanui-ki-te-Tangata. Ka mutu mai te tangatawhenua, ka tū atu ko Hēnare Northcroft, ko Lewis Moeau, ko Timoti Nikora ko Apanui Wātene ki te whakahoki i ngā poroaki. Ka mutu, heoi ka tatari, ā, kitea rawatia ake i te ono o ngā hāora o te ahiahi, ko tō mātou tira tokowaru, kei te tūnga manu-rere-ao Timoti Nikora, accountant, Head Office of Inland Revenue and Income Tax Department in Wellington; Robert Mahuta, brother of Queen Te Atairangikaahu, and lecturer in Maori Studies at Auckland University; Apanui Watene, Welfare Officer of the Gear Works at Petone; Turoa Royal, Assistant Officer for Maori Education in Auckland; Vernon Winitana, of Hutt Valley High School, Lower Hutt; George Asher, of St Stephen's School, Pukekohe; Rev. Tom Hawea, of the Presbyterian Maori Mission at Kawerau; and Hohepa Taepa, pastor of the Maori Pastorate of Wellington. On the night of Tuesday, 11 February, 1969, eight of us, for Turoa Royal and Robert Mahuta remained in Auckland to await our arrival, gathered at the residence of Mr Kara Puketapu, son of Ihaia Puketapu, the elder of Te Atiawa tribe dwelling at Waiwhetu. At Kara Puketapu's home, we received our tickets, and were briefed on the whys and wherefores of our journey, what pitfalls we should watch out for on such a trip, our guides overseas from one reservation to another, that is, the places where Red Indians were domiciled, from the south west at Los Angeles to the State of Arizona, and then straight on to the State of New Mexico. Kara Puketapu briefed us on the kind of accommodation to expect, the eating-places, and our modes of transport by road and by air from one place to another. We had many questions to ask of Kara Puketapu also. One that concerned us was hospitalisation overseas should we be taken ill abroad, to which Kara Puketapu answered satisfactorily that all medical attention would be met by the Foundation that extended the invitation. Our minds were put to rest after the explanations. The next morning at ten o'clock on Wednesday we were gathered at the Waiwhetu marae, where our elder, Mr Ihaia Puketapu, also Rev. Tioke Tawhao, Mr William Parker and Mr Brownie Puriri were up and bidding our party farewell, in the ancestral meeting house at Waiwhetu, Arohanui-ki-te-Tangata. When the hosts had concluded their speeches, Henry Northcroft, Lewis Moeau, Timoti Nikora and Apanui Watene replied to the speeches of farewell. When this had ended, we waited for the hour of departure, and by 6 p.m. our party of eight