GENEROUS TRIBE
GlfT AND LOAN FOR WAR USE FORMER LAND GIFT RECALLED [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, September 18. That the Maori race is making sacrifices for the prosecution of the war is further shown by a recent donation to the Government by the Tuwharetoa Trust Board, on behalf of the NgatiTuwharetoa tribe of £l5O as a gift and £SOO as an interest-free loan for the duration of the war and six months afterwards. The Tuwharetoa tribe resides around the shores of Lake Taupo, and its generosity is a further instance of its spirit of loyalty and generous co-operation. The Minister of Native Affairs (Mr Langstone) said the action of the tribe recalled a magnificent gesture about half a century ago by the late To Heuheu Tukino (Horonuku), paramount chief of the tribe, when he presented to the nation areas of land totalling over 6,500 acres, now familiar to all as Tongariro National Park.
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Evening Star, Issue 23685, 19 September 1940, Page 14
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154GENEROUS TRIBE Evening Star, Issue 23685, 19 September 1940, Page 14
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