Back in New Zealand he married painter
Evelyn Page in 1938 and settled in
Governors Bay. In 1945/46, Page established the music department at
Victoria University College in Wellington where he taught until his retirement in 1971. In 1950 Page was one of the founders of the New Zealand branch of the
International Society for Contemporary Music in Wellington. A transformatory experience was Page's visit in 1958 of the
Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music and the
Donaueschingen Festival in Germany. He became a personal friend of composer
Pierre Boulez whose work Page promoted in New Zealand. In 1960, Page visited China and in 1982 he taught at the Shanghai Conservatorium. In 1970, he received his only official recognition with an
order of merit by the government of Poland. He died on 29 November 1983 in Wellington. ==References==