Te Ao Hou
THE MAORI MAGAZINE

PUBLISHED QUARTERLY by the Department of Maori Affairs and sponsored by the Maori Purposes Fund Board.

PRINTED by Pegasus Press Ltd.

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THE MINISTER OF MAORI AFFAIRS: The Hon. J. R. Hanan.

THE SECRETARY FOR MAORI AFFAIRS: J. M. McEwen.

EDITOR: Margaret Orbell.

ASSOCIATE EDITOR (Maori text): E. B. Ranapia.

Contents December 1965

STORIES
The Story of Hihi-o-tote	22
The Legend of Hatupatu and the Bird-Woman	31
POETRY
A Famous Oriori from Turanga	19
Temperance Songs of the 1880s	25
Bright Birds, Frederick C. Parmée	52
ARTICLES
In Memoriam: Hoani Waititi, Harry Dansey	6
Study Centre in Rotorua, Terry Simpson	10
Our World Tour, Kingi Ihaka	13
Planning for Your Children's Future, Vei Puke	17
Transcriptions of Authentic Maori Chant: part six, Mervyn McLean	34
The Story of a King Carnival	42
Some Critical Thoughts on Competitions, Alan Armstrong	45
The Meeting house Porourangi, Henrietta Kaiwai	48
How Ruatoria Got Its Name, Caroline Te Rauna	49
Three Religious Faiths, Bernard Gadd	50
The American Field Service, Keri Kaa	53
FEATURES
People and Places	26
Book Reviews	54
Record Reviews	58
Crossword Puzzle	61
Haere Ki O Koutou Tipuna	63

COVER: The three prize-winners in the national Korimako Trophy oratory contest for Maori fifth and sixth formers held in Wellington last August. First prize went to 16-year-old Donna Awatere (right) of Auckland, who is holding the trophy, second prize to John Barrett, aged 18, of Te Kuiti, and third prize to Miriama Scott, aged 16, of Wellington, (Photograph by Ans Westra).

Sponsored by the Maori Education Foundation and the Post Primary Teachers' Association, the contest is to be held annually. The carved trophy was given by the Governor-General Sir Bernard Fergusson.

Illustrations: Page 13. Roger Hart. Pages 16 and 22. Gordon Walters. Back cover, Theo Schoon.