To Rauparaha.

Mr. Tahiwi was the first to face the judges. He began quietly, telling in clear, slow and mellow phrases of the rise of the young Te Rauparaha, of the trust that he inspired in his people, and of how they followed this man whom they had placed on a tribal pedestal, and into whose hands they had delivered their destiny, on the long and hazardous pilgrimage from Kawhia to Kapiti. Mr. Tahiwi lost much of his effectiveness in his lack of knowledge of his subject, the constant reference to his notes becoming monotonous; but in his peroration he rose to great heights, and as the final words rang clear through the hall, "Quit ye like men; be strong!" we saw the old Maori warrior standing there before our eyes, vivid and picturesque.