MAORI LAND CLAIMS
Sir, —The most significant utterance concerning Maori affairs for some time was that of the Minister of Finance (the Hon. W. Nash) when introducing the Budget. The Minister stated that preliminary inquiries were in progress with a view to arriving at “a definite and early settlement” of the Maori land claims. Surely, all preliminaries have been completed long since. The two outstanding claims are Waikato and Ngai-Tahu, and in each instance a Commission has reported favourably for the claimants. What is now necessary is a conference between the respective parties. The Maori race has thrown itself wholeheartedly into the war effort, and distinguished itself on the field of battle. Let justice now be done to the generations yet to come. Ngai-Tahu now has a Minister of the Crown. Why not approach the Hon. Mr Tirikatene at the welcome that awaits him on his return to Christchurch and ask him to arrange for a representative deputation from this island to meet the Prime Minister?— Yours, etc.. TE MANU-O-TE-ATA. June 4, 1943.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23967, 7 June 1943, Page 6
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173MAORI LAND CLAIMS Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23967, 7 June 1943, Page 6
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