MAORIS & CHINESE
FACED WITH STARVATION. AUCKLAND, June 11. “Maoris cannot kee pace with the Pakeha and so badly are they being leit behind in the struggle for existence that they aro obliged to resort to selling ferns in the public streets and from door to door. They cannot pay thenway,” was the statement made by Airs C. P. Newton, president of the Maori Women’s Welfare League when asked by a correspondent of the “Times” ii she would comment on the unemployment question as far as Maori women and girls were concerned. “The Maoris in the country are having a terrible time as far as suitable clothing is concerned,” she said. “Good ness knows how they are situated for food. Many of the Alaoris in the north are obtaining a living from digging gum, but that industry is in a sad condition now and much of the land is exhausted. You ask me what is the attitude of the league in reference to Maori women working in Chinese gardens in and around Auckland!? Our position is very difficult. What are women to do? If we stop them working in the gardens they will starve”
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1931, Page 2
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193MAORIS & CHINESE Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1931, Page 2
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