National Publicity Studios photographs Trophy contest. District finalists were this year given a week to prepare their five-minute speeches on the topic, ‘The contribution the Maori has made in recent times to the Arts, including music, drama, poetry and painting’. As well, each contestant was given a choice of subject for a three-minute speech, prepared in half an hour. It is proving almost traditional for a girl to win the trophy, and the winner was Peata Munro of Hastings Girls' High School, seen holding the trophy, with, at left, Philip Munro of St Peter's Maori College, Auckland, third, and at right, the second place-getter, Marama Reweti of Tauranga Girls' College.

Farewell to the Henning Family The new Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon. Duncan MacIntyre, made his first ‘marae’ speech when he joined in the farewell to the United States Ambassador, Mr John Henning and his family, at Ngati Poneke Hall. Other speakers were Mr Bill Nathan, Mr Fred Katene, Sir Francis Kitts, Mayor of Wellington, Dr Pei Jones, and Mr Matiu Rata, M.P. for Northern Maori. Gifts were presented to Mr and Mrs Henning — a patu and a taniko bag.