and is not included in New Zealand Māori rugby records. Paki played in a pre-tour match on May 24 in Rotorua where the team had assembled prior to departing, staying with Parata. He played at fullback in front of "a large crowd … at Pukeroa Hill" which was one by the Maori side 17–9 over the local Rotorua team. He scored the third try for his team which came about after a loose scrum where he "picked up, raced down the line, and over at the corner". They then played a Thames side before departing for Australia. In Australia they played New South Wales twice for two losses, had a win and a loss against Queensland and won their other 4 matches. Paki only made two appearances on the tour, the first was against New South Wales on June 9 where he came on as a replacement for Sam Piki who received a compound stress fracture in his leg in a 3–15 loss. His only other match on tour was against a Sydney Metropolitan side which they won 6–3. After the match with New South Wales he was said to have played so well that the New South Wales team presented him with a "valuable trophy". After returning to New Zealand Paki gave the trophy to King Te Rata Mahuta. They had returned to New Zealand on July 4 and immediately embarked on a series of games against New Zealand provincial sides including Auckland (0-25), Horowhenua (7-6), Canterbury (0-11), and Southland (8-5). Paki did not play in any of these matches but he was to play in their final 3 tour matches against Otago, South Canterbury, and Wellington. Paki played in the forwards against Otago in a 3–3 draw in front of 6,000 spectators in Dunedin. He then played against South Canterbury in Timaru, which was the first time a 'Maori' team had played there for 25 years according to the 'Timaru Herald'. Paki's team ran out 19-8 winners in wet conditions at the Caledonian Ground. In the match with Wellington at Athletic Park the Maori side found themselves down 23–0 in the second half before a spirited fight back saw them only lose 23–21 with Paki scoring two of their tries after breaking free from lineouts on each occasion. In late September Paki was named in as an emergency player in the Māori side for a match with the