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Te Ao Hou, September 1966, Page 57

was educated at Nelson College, and attended the Nelson Conservatorium of Music. He has often judged Maori Cultural Competitions, and is known on almost every marae in New Zealand. Mrs Witerina Harris, of the Arawa tribe, is at present teaching Maori handcrafts, poi and action song at the Wellington Teachers' Training College. She has been a member of the Ngati Poneke Club since it was founded in 1936, and acted as soloist and as a member of the club's entertainment party during and after the war years. Rev. Napi Waaka, from Waikato, was a member of the well-known Maori entertainment group. “The Maori”, which toured New Zealand and Australia in 1957 and 1958. He is a noted composer and Maori Cultural Festival judge, and was the founder and leader of Auckland's Ataahua Maori Club. Wiremu Kerekere founded and trained the Waihirere Maori club 15 years ago, and has been its president ever since. He has composed many songs and lyrics, among them the pois, action songs and powhiri used in the Maori welcome to Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Phillip at Waitangi in 1963. Ashley Heenan, composer of the Maori Suite recently performed before the Queen Mother at the Royal Youth Concert in Wellington, has done considerable research on traditional Maori music. He has made many arrangements, including the orchestral backgrounds for the Maori Love Duets recorded by Kiri Te Kanawa and Hohepa Mutu.