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Te Ao Hou THE MAORI MAGAZINE Number 75 March 1974 stories page Seafood, Pehi Parata 3 Big Brother, Little Sister, Witi Ihimaera 7 Drifting, Patricia Grace 25 Just Between You an' Me, Witi Ihimaera 37 poem A Song of Welcome, Rangi Harrison 24 articles A Character of My Early Youth, Arthur Couch 4 Maori Poet Wins Burns Fellowship 6 Royal Visit to Turangawaewae 16 Bird Nesting, Arthur Couch 28 First New Zealand Day at Waitangi 30 Marae Projects Subsidies 41 Ma-wai-hakona in Australia 42 features Letters 2 Books 60 Crossword 64 front cover: Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu accompanies Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth as she leaves Turangawaewae to return to Auckland at the end of a happy visit to the marae to open Kimiora. back cover: Just before going on stage to take part in the South Pacific Festival in the newly-opened Sydney Opera House, Ma-wai-hakona members are pictured with Raymond Burr, TV's ‘Ironside’, who gave the prologue at the beginning of the programme.