whenua ki te Taitokerau. Ko tō koutou hoa hei tirohanga mai mā koutou ko te Tiamana o te Poari o Te Arawa, ko Hare Rātete. I tū katoa mai rātou i tēnei Karakia whakamutunga i raro i te maru o ngā minita e toru—Pīhopa Pēneti, me āna kai-āwhina, Kīngi īhaka me te Mīnita, me Hio. Mau ana te wehi me te ihi o tēnei karakia. Kikī tonu te whare i ngā hāhi katoa—kāore he whakawehewehe, kāore he tirotiro, kāore hoki he whakahāwea ā tētahi ki tētahi. He rite tonu te hāpai i ngā hīmene me te āmine i ngā īnoi. Pārekareka ana te noho ā te teina me ngā tūākana i roto i te whakapono. Ko tēnei tētahi o ngā tino wikitoria ō tēnei Whētiwara. E hoa mā, me pēwhea te poroporoaki i te kōrero pēnei te āhua? Kāti, waimarie he tino tangata kē a Kīngi Īhaka, Tiamana o te Komiti o ēnei Whakataetae. Inā ētahi kupu ā te Waiharekeke Waitere mōna me tana whānau: ‘Taku piki amokura, amohia te āroha, E kore rawa e mutu i ngā tau maha e.’ Ko tēnei tonu, Kīngi, kei te hoa. Ko te piki amokura, ko ō whakataetae. Amohia atu i runga i ō Iwi rau-āroha. Kia ora! Ka tutataki ano. in Southland to Muriwhenua in the North. Your host, upon whom you placed your trust, was Mr Harry Rogers—Chairman of the Arawa Trust Board. You were together on stage in this final service and led by three ministers—Bishop Manu Bennett and his assistants Rev. Kingi Ihaka and Rev. Sio. This service was indeed an inspiration. A packed house—no separations, no side-looks, and no personal recriminations. Hymns were sung in one accord, and prayers were acclaimed in unison. It was a delight to sit there, elders and teenagers all united in the faith. This was one of the real highlights of this festival. Friends, how do we conclude a report of this nature? Luckily the Rev. Kingi Ihaka, Chairman of the Festival Committee, is a man of many parts. Here are some words from a tribute by Mrs Waitere to him and his family: ‘My prized rare plume, burdened in love, Unceasing through time and all eternity.’ This then Kingi, friend and counsellor, is the plume, your festival. Carry on with your people's love. Greetings! Till we meet again. Hirone Wikiriwhi

Ua Sao Le La O Samoa Wellington Samoan Group, winners of the Auckland-Wellington Samoan Competition N.P.S. ‘The Samoan Canoe has broken through the reef’ ‘Ka to he ra ka rere he ra’ The sun has set, a new day is born. How very true this is from our point of view, for our participation in the New Zealand Polynesian Festival has given us Samoans from Wellington, something to think about. Living on Mataatua Marae alone has revived memories of home (Samoa). It has given our generation food for thought. The festival was a success and a milestone was passed. Our welcome by the Tuhoe people at Mataatua, and living as Maoris has reminded us of our culture left behind on the shores of Hawaiki with our coming to New Zealand and now we are determined to revive it. Take it from us that it will be a