Tamati Dennis, main spokesman for the Rongo-whakaata people, welcomes delegates to Gisborne League Conference at Gisborne Because Gisborne was the main centre for the Cook Bi-Centennial Celebrations, many national organisations held their annual conferences there. Among them was the Maori Women's Welfare League. The Tairawhiti Regional Committee gave delegates a warm welcome at Poho-o-Rawiri, and hundreds of local people turned out at the official evening opening in the R.S.A. Hall, where the Waihirere Maori Club provided the complementary items to the many speeches, and delighted the guests with their singing. The Mayor, Mr H. Barker, commended the League on its contribution towards closer relationships between Maori and Pakeha. Mr H. Ngata, speaking as tangata whenua said, ‘Our people have few or- Delegates are welcomed outside Poho-o-Rawiri meeting house National Publicity Studios