karakiatia e ia, nā, hoki haere ana ia ki ētahi atu o ana hipi. I ngā hāora i mua atu o te tina, ka haere ngā kōrero. I konei au ka kite i a Katarina Mataira, nāna nei ngā pikitia i roto i taku pukapuka, ‘He Putanga Maomao’. I te hāpāhi i te tekau mā tahi, ka kōrero tētahi Marikana, ko Dale Archer tana ingoa. Āna nei kōrero, mō ngā mangumangu o Āwhirika, mō tana whenua mō Amerika, me konei hoki. Tana mahi he rapu i ngā take e pā ana ki a tātou, te iwi Māori. Kei te pari o Waikato a ia i āianei. Āna nei kōrero, tino nui, āhua mamae ana, āwanga-wanga te ngākau. Me whakapoto e au ki ēnei: 1. Ko tātou te iwi Māori: kaua tātou e pai kia ‘kōrero-pēpingia’ tātou. 2. Kaua e piri i muri o te ‘Kākahu Māori.’ 3. Me tohetohe tātou. Ina meinga mai ki a koe ‘Na te mea he Māori koe … E kore e tika i a koe.’ Huri atu, tohungia atu. 4. Kaua e tukuna mā te Pākehā ō whakaaro e kōrero. Māu anō. Heoi tēnei. Kāore nā te mea heoi nāna ngā kupu, ēngari nā te mea i te kaha nunui, me mutu au i konei. Mutu atu i te kai i te waenganui rā, ka hoki anō mātou ki roto i te rūma hui nei. Nga Take: 1. Hei whakatika i te mea nei, i te N.Z. Federation of Maori Students. Ka tū anō, ka huangia hei a Des O'Connor o Ākarana hei Perehetini. Ana kaimahi mō te komiti nei, me haere mai i roto i ngā whare wānanga me ngā Kāreti Ako Māhita. Tā rātou mahi mo tērā tau, he whakatika mai i tā mātou hui mō te tau 1970. 2. Ētahi atu take, na e pā ana ki ngā mea form of service and left them to go to others in need of his ministration. Before lunch, we talked over what had gone before. It was here I saw Katarina Mataira, who had drawn the illustrations for my stories ‘He Putanga Maomao’, one of the ‘Wharekura’ series of Maori Bulletins. At 11.30 a.m. an American, Dale Archer, spoke on racim, in particular the racial problems of Africa, of his own country, America, and of course those here in New Zealand. He was doing research here in New Zealand, in particular the Waikato area. He made some very forceful statements, at times hitting straight to the heart, and speaking for myself, stirring the conscience. In short, this is what he said: 1. We the Maori people must not allow ourselves to be talked down to or categorised. 2. We must not hide behind the cloak of the race. 3. We must stop others stereotyping us. For example, we may hear it said, ‘Because he is a Maori he will act thus’. We must turn and show people what we are. 4. Don't let the Pakeha do your thinking for you. Do it yourself. This is all I shall report, not because this is all the speaker had to say but because there was so much in his speech that I feel I must stop here. After lunch at midday, we returned once more to the conference room. Topics for discussion: 1. To resurrect the N.Z. Federation of Maori Students. It was agreed that this Federation be continued and Mr Des O'Connor, Auckland University, was elected President. A working sub-committee was to be drawn from delegates representing Universities and Training College Maori clubs. Their first duty would be to arrange and organise the 1970 Conference for the National Maori Students' Association. 2. Other discussions came from Saturday's