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Isaac Royal relaxes in the spa while Motuiti’s stuffed dog keeps an eye on his master at the near end.

The LDS Chapel in Boulder City where the group practiced in the morning ready for an evening performance.

The group, although billeted around
Boulder City and the southern end of Las Vegas,
centred their activities around the home of
Kawana Pohe, a member of the famous Maori HiFives. His dedicated marae was an ideal
relaxation and assembly stop for the group. It had
a heated spa, swimming pool, basketball hoops, a
punching bag, table tennis, pool table, high end
sound system and facsimile facilities.
Some of the pupils found that they were
wearing themselves out and the healing and
medical knowledge of Wynel Te Wiata and Lalita
Hari were being regularly called upon dealing

with headaches, backaches and other minor
problems brought on by too little sleep.
The group assembled for breakfast at Pohe’s
and then, at 11am, moved up to the 5th Street
LDS Chapel to practice and prepare for that
evening’s performance and to set out the seating
in the recreation hall.
They were glad to get a bit of culture into
the system again and tutor Pare Paki was a little
stretched to whip the group into shape in the two
hours available before the planned 1:30pm trip
down to the Hoover Dam, a short 12-minute car
trip down the road.