used to fight over our toys but we were still good friends. What we liked best was to play in the water. We would take off our shoes and pull up our pants and run through the water not caring if we got wet. We did have lots of fun when we were little. Michael Taiaroa, 12

Silence The sounds have gone to bed And silence has just awoken from sleep. Harry Docherty, 11

The Sea Green Sea, Calm swaying towards the shore. Small waves forming, swelling, growing bigger. White horses appear breaking upon the shore, Spray flies in all directions, Children laugh and tumble. Debbie Gardiner, 12

The Departing of the Casket The wailing of the elder ladies echoes backwards and forwards, The sound bouncing off the walls of the almost rotten boards of the old meeting house. The uneasy murmur of the mourners can be heard. The wailing again by the elder kuia of the family brings sadness to the heart. I feel I want to cry but I'm too scared with the little kids around. Bitterness, crying, tears, the wailing is very sorrowful, it brings tears of sympathy to the onloookers' eyes. His death is a loss to the community, it is felt in the hearts of his family and especially his parents. Pallbearers bow their heads to show respect to the family and the dead one. Like soldiers they have their duty to perform. They place the lid on the casket, screw it firmly, lift gently, walk so very slowly. Miria Mako, 13

V.S.A Support Te Aute College boys are helping to support Maahi Tukapua, an old boy of the school, who is teaching with Volunteer Service Aboard in a village school in Tonga. The boys have been fruit-picking and undertaking other tasks to help Maahi with reading books and even the supply of writing materials. A large group of Rotarians who met at the school in April are planning, together with a Rotary Exchange group from Wisconsin, to help Maahi—probably by the purchase of a tropicalised tape recorder.

Field Scholar Robin Kora, who is in Oklahoma on an American Field Service Scholarship, writes that the sheer pace of American life never ceases to amaze him, and that he is looking forward to getting back to New Zealand and ‘trying to get some perspective on the American scene’. He has become interested in the management side of orchestral work—help with organising the sale of tickets and ushering.

Memorial Trophy The John Waititi Memorial Trophy was, in its first year of presentation, won jointly by Thomas Ellis of Napier Boys' High School and John Delamere of Tauranga Boys' College, and will be on display for six months at each college. The traditionally carved trophy, sponsored by New Zealand Breweries Limited, is to be presented annually to the Maori pupil gaining most marks in four subjects in the School Certificate examination. Mr Waka Nathan, well-known All Black, made the presentation to the boys.