Members of seven groups, Te Ropu Parahaki, Amohia Youth Club, Muriwhenua, Moerewa Cultural Club, Te Rongopal Youth Club, Moungataniwha and Te Rarawa joined together to form the Tai Tokerau Cultural Group, to welcome Her Majesty and the royal party with karanga, powhiri and haka world have come here to make their homes. No one should underestimate the strains and stresses which a mixture of races and cultures can generate. The solution of such social problems cannot be left to chance. There must be a conscious effort to work together to solve them. ‘I do not believe that any country can claim to have made a greater effort than New Zealand to work out a life style acceptable to all sections of a multi-cultural community. ‘New Zealand Day, which we now celebrate for the first time, symbolizes this spirit Members of the Auckland Anglican, Te Roopu Ma nutaki, Ngati Rangiwewehi, Walhirere. Mangatu. South Taranaki, Ma-wai-hakona, and Te Kahui Ra ngatahi Maori Club, the top eight teams at last year's Polynesian Festival, joined to present the early items in the pageant ‘Aotearoa’. Here they perform Hera Kaiene-Horvath's poi waka, showing how the early voyagers came to New Zealand