INDIAN AND MAORI
I Q ! BISHOP BENNETT'S BELIEF A visitor to'Whakatane last week was tlie Rt. Rev. F. A. Bennett, Bishop of Aotearoa. In the cpurse of his visit Bishop Ben,nett spoke in the Parish Hall on his recent visit 'to India. A large nudience found the address exceptionally interesting, a striking feature being the bishop's comparison of the extraordinary similarity of many Indian words and customs with those pertaining to the Maori. Bishop Bennett said he was now convinced of the Maori connection with India. He said that he was nstonished when an Indian told him. that he was a member of the Arawa tribe. ''That's my own tribe,the bishop told his informant.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 38, 19 July 1939, Page 5
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