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Maori Women's Welfare League Conference at Rotorua This poem won the Miraka Szaszy Trophy for Mrs Heeni Mullen of Miriona Branch, Paekakariki, at this year's Maori Women's Welfare League Conference.

Te Wawata Tuia ki te Aroha Me te moteatea Nga mahi o nga Tipuna, I waiho ake nei. Ma o ratou tohutohu E tui te Aroha; Kia honoa nga iwi, O Aotearoa. Ruia nga purapura Ki nga hau e wha; Mea kore ranei e tipu To tatou ropu e. Ko taku wawata, Ko aku moemoe, Ke tu kotahi tatou I roto te Matauranga. Mahia te korowai, te taniko, Te piupiu me te tukutuku Nga mahi i waihotia mai E nga Tipuna. Na te mamae, na te Aroha Toko tangi atu e hoa ma Awhinatia; Manaakitia; Enei Taonga nui. I roto i tenei wa, Ko te iwi Pakeha ko whaiwhai mai, I enei mahi pai. To tatou kaupapa “Aroha ki te Tangata” Te hua mai o tenei Kupu “Tatou Tatou” Members of Te Atatu branch, after receiving the Te Puea trophy for the best annual report, from Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu.