Educating the Maoris
♦ At the meeting of the tribes of Tongariro the other day, various religions were represented, such as the Church of England, Catholic, Hau-hau, and the Pai-tenei-hau, and separate services were held every day iv a most decorous and solemn manner. During the meeting one native stated he was a church of England man, he had tried the Hau-hau faith, but found it did not give him any religious consolation. He then gave his hearers a specimen of an English prayer, which was a mass of utter gibberish winding up with the words " Kapai all te yentlenien," this nonsense he next interpreted into Maori, which was nothing more nor less thau the Fourth Commandment, concluding with a chant of the multiplication table, "twi one er two, twi two er four," &c, &c. This is not an encouraging result of religious teaching.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 47, 29 September 1885, Page 3
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143Educating the Maoris Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 47, 29 September 1885, Page 3
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