youthful age to helping their people, as instanced by Rēweti Kōhere's and Timutimu Tāwhai's walks from marae to marae in their holidays, which probably led to the formation of the group; 2. its most prominent members and leaders had strong tribal identities, were schooled in Church boarding schools (notably Te Aute College) to become bilingual, and they were University trained; 3. as University graduates they were qualified in the professions with most prestige in Pakeha eyes and with most effectiveness in the Maori sense; 4. their conferences, papers and subsequent publicity were aimed at informing themselves and officialdom of the conditions prevailing at the time, and also in involving the Maori people in their deliberations; 5. they realised after some years that effective Parliamentary representation was a most necessary step in implementing their aims; 6. finally, the Party was fortunate in having Ngata as their foremost leader. Some questions remain unanswered: 1. What was the political, economic and social climate of the period which gave rise to the Young Maori Party? 2. Why didn't Te Aute College continue producing graduates and leaders of the calibre of Kōhere, Ngata, Wirepa and Buck up to the present time? Can educationists learn something from Thornton, the principal of Te Aute College at the time? 3. Why did Ngata and Sir James Carroll recommend long leases (but not sale) for Maori land and the system of farming by incorporation of owners? Why was it left until 1929 before Government funds were made available to develop Maori lands? (Note: at the time of the Young Maori Party State Advances loaned moneys to the Pakeha farmers). 4. What was the Young Maori Party attitude to the cry of Kotahitanga for a separate Maori Parliament and ratification of the Treaty of Waitangi, to the Waikato cries for investigation of their land confiscation grievances? 5. In what areas, geographically speaking, and in what fields, was the influence of the Young Maori Party most effective? What methods did they use to influence people? 6. Were some of the achievements credited to the Young Maori Party in fact the result of the individual efforts on the part of Pōmare, Ngata and Buck as Parliamentarians in a later period? My critical remarks should not minimise the value of the present publication, but they should serve a timely warning to other writers and the editor, that topics such as this need careful planning, research and supervision in order to whet the appetite of Sixth Formers (and first year students at Teachers' Colleges or University) to extend their reading in breadth and depth. As University students read some of these booklets, a bibliography of source material would have been very helpful. Could not some of the speeches and letters in Maori be edited as a follow up? The photographs are interesting, especially the one of the haka group with Ngata in front. I would like to have seen more explanatory notes on the circumstances of this hui. Kia ora koe, Wiremu, mō ēnei pitopito kōrero ataahua hoki.

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