hauling up Te Ika. At the foot, facing the main doors, as though to challenge or to welcome all who come, is Kupe, mere in hand, exquisitely carved, with a use of the grain of the wood so perfect as to betray the hand of the real master. On either side of Kupe are Tane (bearded) and Hineahuone, along with Taniwharau, the Waikato River taniwha. The die-hard traditionalist or purist might be tempted to deplore some of Inia's departures from old custom; but the vast majority, even of real connoisseurs, will applaud and praise them. Just as he bridged two musical cultures, excelling in both, so he sought to introduce new themes and to project traditional carving into this twentieth century, in the same way as the old Latin poet Horace wrote of his own work: “Long hence shall it be told how he that sings First tuned Greek measures to Italian strings.” He has done in wood what Sir Apirana Ngata did in song. And so he has depicted the fantail, the kiwi and the moa—this last in deference to Ngaitahu and the other South Island tribes. An innovation it may be, but a welcome one, and pioneered by a master. This massive work was carved by Inia in the basement of New Zealand House over a period of eight years, 1963 up to his lamented death in 1971, throughout the busy time when he was following his other career as a singer. He paid every regard to the hallowed conventions which attend such work; every chip, for instance, was disposed of reverently by him in the accepted manner. Some people are distressed by the fact that, owing to the central heating of New Zealand House, the timbers of the pouihi were badly cracked even before its five constituent pieces were assembled; but most of us are not troubled by this, since it seems to endow the whole with a venerable air of antiquity which one would normally have expected only after many years. A large crowd was assembled in the hall to await the arrival of Her Majesty. It included such people as Lady Freyberg, Sir Bernard and Lady Fergusson, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Sir Alexander Downer (the Australian High Commissioner) and his wife, and many well-known British and New Zealand guests. A bouquet was offered by Inia's daughter Rima, and Mrs Te Wiata was presented, among many others. His Excellency Sir Denis Blundell, High Commissioner and Governor-General designate, spoke, and was followed by the Hon. Duncan Maclntyre, M.P., Minister of Maori Affairs. Mr MacIntyre described the symbolism of the carving, and in the course of his speech read greetings to Her Majesty from Queen Te Atairangikaahu, D.B.E., from Mrs Hine Potaka, representing the Maori Women's Welfare League, and from Dr Pei te H. Jones, Chairman of the Maori Council. Her Majesty herself then spoke, briefly and movingly, recalling how, a bare year and a half ago, Inia Te Wiata had shown her the almost-completed carvings, still in the basement of New Zealand House. She then drew aside the korowai, which had been Inia's own, revealing the inscription on the plinth which will for all time record the occasion. The Rev. A. E. Prebble, formerly of Napier and now vicar of a parish on the outskirts of London, dedicated the whole with a prayer composed for the occasion by the Bishop of Aotearoa. Her Majesty unveils the carving.