MAORI ATTITUDE TO POLITICS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 708, 6 January 1910, Page 5

MAORI ATTITUDE TO POLITICS

.; lij> i y;% A : ; CHANGE 00£$ ; CpPPOSITION: yffiTO',lN;iPAvp®l||ii| |fyS"'''-:S; :^vK{^A.uck(?.^ : ;/The:?•. Dargavilte..Vcorrespondcnt v ' of l> the* iffi ': 'liofaid". ?"ar-?^ tio[evdealingVvvitteUiagrowtli c bf^B2iiticai;?i^ ■feeling: aniongst'rthe:;M'aSris/:'fP i-^'S :'*,'W». says rr''A.X: growing^:inte'rest: : isSb^/S';?; .;ing/.'.inanifested'. : byj; f heVn<irtlißrn''>Madne : ii*.VT 'inin)attersi'p^liticali>andJ , thei : mpre":pro-i-:ii; :; G gressive awl;'leading''JNativeV-are'-■insati.Ss?^ able, in ..their further' enlightei^;**''^' ment regarding of itho. ; Goy-ftt : ?t .e^nment/:■■a , n'd■.■;Op^atiott■•■parHes; , ■;^■;^P^^;V^' v4pns\t6: : the'l > remierslup..|pf;-tha.-'l^ :Seddon. ■ the \four, ■';Native ; - repfe'seiitatives'i.'?.^ :in:.-Parlidiueht/'diyid>ed«bn;WaU;^niattera^'[, !which affectedlthe''palieha':'rMei-'aild-bw-' :; ,-i-.':' ing* tij ythisj custom , ;■party,; leadersSiAyero!^!^ ooutentVin'. siiiiiraing ; up": their 'sUpportersivivf , .;-' :'tbv;eUmina£e-:aUS'yotihg>VaKi^toe : i(iroM||'©is ;those. representing :ilaorv:el&toratesV{But,wS;{

in: recent tinnous:'Governraent:{asra'''permanent.'.oneyS;"?s :tov>vliiim'':they; : . : benefits-Ukely/lp,accfup^to' v the)r';race ' the j appointment -bf ;i successoi:';to Kthe.-?|!«;;' ■Northern 'seat' : was -left' sdlely&'.iii' , :;-'- thel^f! ; ? ■'hands-;pf .< the Native";-Minister, xwithi'.tho'S"' ; W result : ; that ; Dr. ,; :Biick'jAvas:::returned7 : fpr-£vs

,tho 'seat.' :..But I the \- northern ) Maoris'are fi'&Z ;ndw^reaping-the benefitsjbf ■ \catiqhV"an4>'wanp.^^ of 'life \hre'tlibronghly ; the!i;Englishslnn'guage;i.y:^hey; ! regu}arly-;A£|J:-; peruse.: the : 'jievvspapers,%,';E.nd-vi diligentlyiKAvS scan ; : reports vof rrarliamentary':- .:■ which"'they.;'arb;; closely ■ and ■ ; -cotistaiit;v ;imerpour!ie;isigi;-

■ with" their' ; pakeha J :neighbours^; to. .their' obtaining, a'-fairly.- , !re's.^t;th'at,:'tnrbtigHout'ally.vKe:triibeSj : Mr' i r;sy:«i :Massey : hasfailarge and,enthnsiastio-'fol- ■'■s"■s. lowing, and-:tliose;rMp6nsible7or:the L^le<>:';-fli- ; ;S :tion of .'perienoo';th«:'railings-'.of ::their.ife!lpW3- i fpr,;:'v'S .Mving;.fen: ; ■pf-;a.-.:Ta'ranate~-manVasi-tKeir'.'-Porliami6iit- r K t i^-

■ airy.:":representative.;'.: '■:'■■. Many A■' declaim against' the : loss'"of: "which;';:;-;il>T-iliey haversuffered^ja':"havirig;;t6 recognise?:-?*i a' stranger; .of'considerably 'less i personalK^; , -: of-\their';;ipwn''fiy' ■.tril3^toen'-.ttsitheir\a'uthori^''.aid.''o)ibten : i--?'S'i :P«bli6:--deputy.;'; , of ,t \\a; chaos .which' ever'deepens:and. ? Bir-^:V?s-

ro uls the Nativo Department that many chieftains have openlj pledged themselves to tho Opposition interests l I "Already activo steps nto l»ing taken in view of tho noi.t election, and general I satisfaction is expressed at the Candida--1 hire of Mr Kerei Mitai Titoro, who ' I holds pronounced Opposition views, and iiv ho is determined to ameliorate the ex- ' I asperating land conditions under which ■ his people labour. , "Tho Maori is a farmer puro and simple. He finds that his interests aro idea- '

Ileal in'.h those of the farming pakcha,' and that Mr. Mossoy's views on v the land \ question aro based wholly on 'common sense Land reform is now the chief ol>> jeot, and tho nwakcmnf; Maori seems d*tormined to obtain it." ,