YOUNGER READERS' SECTION We are pleased to publish these accounts of the Tuhoe Festival, sent in by pupils of Tawera School. Ngā Whakataetae I whakatūtia ngā whakataetae i Tāneatua. E ono ngā tīma i haka. Ngā mahi hai mahi mā rātou he hīmene, he whakauru, he whakaputa, he pao, he poi, he waiata-ā-ringa me te haka. I te tuatahi ko Kawerau, ka piki mai ko Ruātoki, ko Mātaatua, ko Tāwera, ko Kawerau Tuarua me Tūrangi. Ka wini i a Kawerau Tuarua te hīmene, me te pao. Ka wini i a Ruātoki me Kawerau Tuarua te poi, ka wini i a Mātaatua te haka, te whakauru, me te whakaputa. Kātahi ka piki mai a Tāwera, ko Kawerau me Tūrangi. Ka wini i a Tūrangi te waiata-ā-ringa. Ngā Wikitoria — Ngā Honore I roto i te pō o te Rā Tapu ka tukuna e John Rangihau rāua ko Ira ngā kapu ki ngā tima i wini. Ka riro i a Ruātoki ngā kapu mō te netipōro me te whutupōro. I a Tūrangi te kapu mō te waiata-ā-ringa. I a Mātaatua rāua ko Kawerau ētahi me Tāwera. Ka mutu te tukuna o ngā kapu, ka mahia mai e ngā tīma ā rātau waiata-ā-ringa me ā rātau haka. Ka mutu ēnā ka kanikani ngā tamariki. Netipōro He netipōro i Ruatoki e whakatūhia ana. Ko Ruātoki me Tūrangi ngā mea tuatahi ki te purei. I purei katoa rātau ki a rātau anō, ki ēthai o ngā tīma. Te mutunga ka purei ngā mea i wini katoa i a rātau ā rātau tākaro ki ēthai o ngā tīma. Te mutunga ka wini i a Ruātoki ngā takaro katoa. Te kapu mō te netipōro he tohu maharatanga mo Kuia. Georgina Rēwiti. I mate tēnei kōtiro i te tau tuatahi ā te hui ā Tūhoe i Mātaatua, kei Rotorua. I tahuritia The Cultural Competitions were held at Taneatua. Six teams competed. Each team had to perform a hymn, entry and exit, a waiata, poi, action song and haka. The first team was Kawerau, then Ruatoki, Mataatua, Tawera, Kawerau 2, and Turangi No. 2 Kawerau won the hymn section and waiata. Ruatoki and Kawerau were equal in the poi, Mataatua won the haka and entry and exit. Turangi wont the action song trophy. Henrietta Vercoe The Victories and Honours On Sunday night John Rangihau and Ira presented the cups to the winners. Ruatoki took the cups for netball and football. Turangi won the action song cup, Mataatua and Kawerau took some and so did Tawera. At the end of the presentation, the teams performed their action songs and hakas. After that the children had a chance. Anna Nikora Netball Netball was held at Ruatoki. Ruatoki played Turangi first. The teams played each other and the winners played the winners of each game. Finally Ruatoki won. The cup for netball was a memoriam to kuia Georgina Reweti. She died while on her way to the first festival, at Mataatua in Rotorua. She was killed in a car accident. Her mates are still alive. The rugby shield is for Jock Biddle who was interested in