Tribute to Hine Potaka Retiring President of the Maori Women's Welfare League Mrs Hine Potaka delivering her message to the conference.. I have visited many theatres, witnessed plays and musicals, but never have I seen or felt anything so beautiful or emotional as the real play of life that was staged at the Soundshell on Monday afternoon when the heroine of the stage, Hine Potaka, played out her part to perfection. The difference was the stark reality. The setting staged to perfection, the players fell into place. It was drama of the highest order. The five or six hundred members of the audience were gripped in an emotion so thrilling and glorious that their spontaneity Representatives of the Murupara and Te Whaiti branches present carved lintel and doorposts for League Head-quarters on behalf of the Waiariki area