These ‘Scottish migrants’ show the arrival of many people from the British Isles. This group learning the ‘Alphabet Song’ indicates the tremendous interest in education at the end of last century, when New Zealand had the highest literacy rate in the world Referring to the people from many lands who came here, he said, ‘Already we are a distinctive nation, unlike any other in the world. And this is so, largely because Maori-tanga—the history, the culture, the life-style of the Maori—is woven as rich gleaming threads in the fabric of our society.’ Speaking of the future, he said, ‘Our future is what we will it—our future is no more and no less than the sum total of our daily actions. Let each New Zealand Day stand as a marker of our progress.’ In her final speech before leaving New Zealand. Her Majesty said how much she and her family had enjoyed the New Zealand Day pageant. The post-war period has been marked by a Poly nesian migration. Here the Auckland Niuean group sings a song especially composed for this first New Zealand Day. They were followed by the Wellington Tokelau Island group and the Auckland Samoan group