MAORI REPRESENTATION
SOMETHING in the arguments put forward in to-day s issue in vindication of the Maoris in the face of the allega* tions of the widespread abuse of Social Security monies, commends itself to us. This is the suggestion that the native race should have direct representation on Hospital Boards where there is a large Maori element in the community. This is a constructive suggestion which is definitely applicable to Whakatane where problems peculiar to the Maori race are recurring frequently. No longer are Maoris afraid to send their sick and ailing to hospital. The Pakeha race in the past implemented laws of prosecution to force this realisation on the Maoris. To-day prejudice has been overcome and the Maori as well as the Pakeha receives similar treatment in public hospitals throughout the Dominion. Hospital rates are now being recognised by the native farmers and it seems only fit and proper that in a district like this with its large Maori section, that a member directly representing the Maori race should sit on the local Hospital Board.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 16, 19 October 1943, Page 4
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177MAORI REPRESENTATION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 16, 19 October 1943, Page 4
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