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No. 29 (December 1959)
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE
NO. 28

ACROSS

1. A, an.
3. Christmas
6. Happy
8. To
9. You
10. All
13. Sugar, Snow
14. Drag
15. Supreme Being
17. Bethlehem
20. Whistle
21. Well, alive
22. Mount; Get up on
23. Breath
24. Jane
26. Those
27. To drive
28. Father in law; Mother in law
31. To burn
33. Day (of weather)
34. To stand
35. Line
36. Squid; Speechless; Ghost
37. Perhaps; Probably
38. Shout; Soft mud
39. Resound; — i rangi
42. Adorn; Bedeck
44. Comet
46. Face in a certain direction
48. Turbid; Bail
49. He, him
50. Joseph
51. World

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Solution to Puzzle 27

DOWN

2. Girl!
3. Poisonous native spider
4. Famous East Coast mountain
5. Eleventh month of Maori year
7. Your
9. Saviour
11. From below; upwards
12. For
13. Without projecting eaves
14. Stumble; trip
16. Organize an avenging party
17. Priest; skilled person
19. Mary
25. Current
26. Avenge
28. Maori way of cooking
29. Speared
30. Forelock
32. Evening
34. The
37. Purified
39. By; Belonging to
40. Scarce; rare
41. Day
43. Verbal particle
45. Wake up
47. Night

Twenty six students from the Palmerston North Teachers Training College went for a two-day study trip to Wanganui to learn about Maori culture at the museum.

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At the anniversary celebrations for King Koroki last October guests of honour were thirty Rarotongans. They brought colourful gifts and gave a memorable display of Polynesian dancing, wearing traditional costumes, leis and flowers in their hair.

Eighty six teams, mostly representing different Maori youth clubs, took part in sporting events and competitions in Maori art.