CONTENTS

	Page
Haere Ki O Koutou Tipuna	3
The Youngest Maori Party by E. G. Schwimmer	6
Maori Battalion Reunion by Elsdon Craig	9
Hostel for New Plymouth by E. B. Marriott	11
Values of a Maori Boarding School by Tirohia	12
The Love Charm of Paratene by Alan Armstrong	14
The Siege of Tokaakuka Pa, by Peta Wairua	17
Waiohou na Iki Pouwhare	19
A Vienna Journal	20
Where Maori and Pakeha First Met	28
The Ironsands of Taharoa	31
Memories of Our Valley, by Ngahinaturae te Uira	32
Reviving the Drowned	36
We made our own Piupius, by Pupils of Tawera Maori School	38
The Growing of Kumara	41
Tu and the Taniwha, by Kate Shaw	47
Off the Land, by Rev. Kingi Ihaka	51
Seasonal work on the Farm	53
Sports Strength in Sport, by N. P. K. Puriri	54
Indoor Bowls, by T. P. K. Joseph	55
An Overhaul for your Car, by Des Mahoney	56
The Mental Health of the Maori, by Dr F. McDonald	57
Paua Recipes, by Kai Moana	62
Your Children's Deafness can be Prevented by G. A. Q. Lennane	63

The Minister of Maori Affairs: The Rt. Hon. W. Nash.

The Secretary for Maori Affairs: M. Sullivan.

Management Committee: Chairman: B. E. Souter, Asst. Secretary. Members: M. R. Jones, W. T. Ngata, E. G. Schwimmer, G. H. Stanley, M. J. Taylor.

Editor: E. G. Schwimmer, M.A.

Associate Editor (Maori text): W. T. Ngata, Lic. Int.

Sponsored by the Maori Purposes Fund Board.

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published by the department of maori affairs december 1958

printed by pegasus press ltd.

Cover Picture: This photograph of Rev. Naru Ngawaka, taken in the church at Manakau (near Kaitaia), strikes a solemn mood for Christmas. Rev. Ngawaka was 85 years old when this picture was taken by Mr Lou Hobson.

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