MAORIS AND PAKEHAS
CASUAL CALLER’S COMMENT.
AN UNWARRANTED ASSUMPTION.
(Received 16, 10.15 a.m.) Sydney, Nov. 16.
Mr. J, A. Thomson, a former member of the West Australian Legislative Council, on his return from Auckland by the Marama, said the Maoris in New Zealand had been pandered to to such an extent that, in the towns at least, they were becoming both arrogant and conceited. They have been spoiled by too much attention, due chiefly to the various Governments’ desires for votes, and in consequence are following in the footsteps of the Sohth African native who will now push whites off the footpath if they happen to block the way.
Whites and Maoris mix far too much in the cities of New Zealand, he says. It is quite a common thing to see young Maori men swaggering beside quite refined looking white girls and young Europeans, most of the bank clerk type, taking out Maori girls. This is a tendency that reputable people in New Zealand strongly deplore but, none the less, it is growing and is becoming quite a serious problem.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 16 November 1927, Page 5
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181MAORIS AND PAKEHAS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 16 November 1927, Page 5
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