New Zealand's First Students at United World College Mamae Wikiriwhi, a 16-year-old sixth form student at Auckland Girls' Grammar School, left on 27 August for the United World College of the Atlantic, at St Donat's Castle, South Wales, where she will study for two years. The New Zealand Government is sponsoring two students, the other being Paul Mitchell of Geraldine. At the college will be about 300 students from 40 countries aged from 16 to 18, taking a pre-university course. They will graduate with an International Baccalaureate, acceptable as entrance to University in most countries Each student takes three subjects to a high level and three to a subsidiary level. Mamae will concentrate on English, mathematics and music, and choose between French, environmental studies, political studies and economics for her other three subjects after she arrives at the college. Mamae is the younger daughter of Monty and Jean Wikiriwhi. Her father, Senior Welfare Officer with the Maori and Island Affairs Department at Auckland, comes from Te Arawa, and her mother, well known as a cultural tutor, is the sister of George Moke of Kawhia. Mamae attended Onepoto Primary School and Northcote Intermediate School, where she was an above-average pupil, and at Auckland Girls' Grammar School she has been in the top academic class for four years. Last year she passed School Certificate in six subjects, English, French, mathematics, music, history and science, gaining particularly high marks in maths, music and English, and being the school's top music student. Music has always been one of Mamae's main interests. Like her older sister she has studied the piano for several years, and the day before she left for England, sat her Grade 8 examination. Although she has not sat violin Mamae Wikiriwhi, just before she left for Wales. An aerial view of St Donat's Castle. examinations she has learnt for five years, and is leader of the school orchestra. When a 4th form student, she won the Auckland school chamber music piano competition, last year was second in piano and third in violin, and this year won again. Last year she won her school's ‘Susan Smith Music Cup’ for all-round participation in music. Unfortunately the school's Polynesian Club meets at the same time as the orchestra practises, so Mamae has not been able to participate regularly, but she knows many Maori songs and with knowledge gained from a recent course in the use of flax for traditional clothing and baskets, she will be able to demonstrate many aspects of Maori culture to her fellow-students. Although excellence at sport is not a