The Governor-General, accompanied by the chairman of the festival committee, the Rev. Kingi Ihaka, is challenged as he arrives to open the festival was shown for the whole of Te Arawa and the other clubs gathered. The blazer worn by their leader and president showed the emblem of what has long been regarded as the tuakana club in Wellington, Ngati Poneke, surely a gesture of sharing with them the triumph and mana of first placing. There were tears, true, tears of joy as well as gratitude, to all those who participated throughout the two days of the festival, in particular the runners-up, who by their own high standards ensured that Ma-wai-hakona will be a worthy representative in Australia. No reira mihi atu nei tatou kia korua Ma-wai-hakona, kia kaha nga waiata kori, me nga mahi mo te iwi Maori. N.P.S. The Hon. Matiu Rata presents Rev. Napi Waaka, leader of the South Taranaki group with the Tairawhiti trophy for the best traditional item. South Taranaki were also first in costume, third in poi, and second equal in the aggregate Members of the Ma-wai-hakona Maori Association pose outside the Whakarewarewa Model Pa for photographs to be sent to Australia where they will represent New Zealand later this year when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth opens the Sydney Opera House. The team won the Ikaroa trophy for the best action song, was first in entrance and exit, second in poi and costume, and was first in the aggregate. They also came first equal in the choral competition N.P.S.