THE MAORI “KING.”
NATIVE MEMBER PROTESTS 1 A 'reference to the “Maori Ring * drew a protest from Mr. C. Parata (Southern Maori) in the House of Representatives. “As a descendant of chiefs of tho South Island, I recognise no King except King George V.” said Mr. Parata. “The chiefs of this country by treaty handed over their chieftainship to Queen Victoria, who became their Sovereign. My people in the South have ' never recognised *a Maori King. We have chiefs among the tribes of the South Island just ns high us any in the North Island. There are some thirty tribes in this country in both the . is- ‘ ] a nds, and they have their own clnefs to whom they do homage. “The tribes of the Waikato have their own chief, but they have sought to Ret up a Maori King, whom I say as a chief of the South Island is not recognised by the other tribes. This kingdom in the Waikato was set up no doubt to destroy the sovereignity of Queen Victoria, but the other tribes have nothing to do with it. There is po Maori King.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1917, Page 3
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188THE MAORI “KING.” Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1917, Page 3
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