Criticism Affecting Morale of Maoris
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 11. Continuous criticism and judgments by pakehas on the comparative failures of Maoris in school examinations could have the opposite effect from what was desired according’ to Mr R. L. Bradley, regional superintendent of education at Auckland.
Mr Bradley, speaking to the national convention of the Institute of Public Adminis : tration on the impact of education on the multi-racial society, said: “From my discussions with many Maoris, I have gained the impression that they are becoming sensitive and, in some cases, even resentful at continually having their deficiencies made public. “I believe that what is needed now is a boosting of
Maori morale through a recognition of their achievements in many fields and of the many valuable contributions they have made to the New Zealand way of life. “Backwardness or delinquency may be caused through unsatisfactory housing conditions, through poor health, through a lack of out-of-school provision for recreation and hobbies, or even through the attitudes of neighbours and the community.”
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19660512.2.105
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume CV, Issue 31057, 12 May 1966, Page 17
Word count
Tapeke kupu
172Criticism Affecting Morale of Maoris Press, Volume CV, Issue 31057, 12 May 1966, Page 17
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in