with immigrants from 41 countries. There are 18 two-storey blocks each containing several two-room flats, a dining room seating 864, shop, Post Office, recreation facilities, child-minding centre, laundries, language classroom, and the most friendly, helpful international staff. This was one of the highlights of the trip—getting to know the people of other countries. On our arrival at Endeavour we received a full Maori welcome organised by Wi Pere Raukura of Rotorua and the Sydney Maori Club, and were treated to a delicious hangi down on the tennis court after settling in to our quarters. Rehearsals began on the grass next morning, and late that afternoon we left for our first rehearsal at the Opera House. It had looked magnificent from the air as we flew in, but at close quarters it was even more so—actually seven separate ‘halls’ under the sail-like roofs—and we rehearsed in the ‘recording hall’ where the stage dimensions of the main hall were marked on the floor. All the groups were to perform at the ‘South Pacific Festival’ three days after the opening, but Ma-wai-hakona and the Cook Islands Group had the additional honour of Hillary ‘Sana’ Selwyn With members of the Sydney Maori Club, welcome Ma-waihakona to Australia