THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1906, BACK BLOCK EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 253, 6 April 1906, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1906, BACK BLOCK EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.

Is consequence of tbe article of last week on tbe above subject, we have bad many matters placed before ua jtvji&jk will be of interest to our reader?, notably tbe objection to a travelling teacher as far as Taharoa at least is concerned. The march of civilisation caused radical changes to b? brought about in Kawhia about four years ago. With the advent of tbe Pakeba Ibe native school, which was recognised as one of the most successful of the kind in New Zealand, was merged in the district school, and. what the Maoris considered their birth right was taken away from them. The Kawhia Native School was the first to include practical technical education in its curriculum. The teacher (Mr T- D. Hamilton) and lb,e .pupil|--cbdftk their owfi-’workshop J ■•modelling, leu wot b'

al^augb n6w■earning their livings owfig’ vrt'ibe education thus received, dtp tho»niergjng of and pean the’lfaoris utterly fused to send their children fur .4tai(r tone, but. with the advent of Mt ®ur-

;h. xn KawbbLjrt&ves ilfpidetH to shik] their young |,ad£|e, Tbe Ts* roa Maoris bad, however, at great ixpense to themselves, sent their children to reside at Kawhia to entile ibtm to get education, but have never since the merging done so, It La’ now been brought before our notipp ■ that nearly £0 children, resident within a radius of a mih or so of Taharoa are wiibodt any mean? of education, not i nly That, but it is staled tbat-Hiqy j have applied Rr a school,-4yq&,. a*

have received no ealisfaotion. We are informed that they are quite will sag to grant the usual five or six aort? of land for educ ttional purposes, and would even erec‘a large wlara fur a echoed house until ths Government thought fit to erect a proper building. It is ja^gjrea.t'’.pity that when these Maoris show- such a desire for,the ad vancement of their do not get more enoouragoment. intend laying the matter before th member for the district, aud tba he will enpeavnur to at once remedy this state of affairs, as it would be absurd to ask a district where there are so many children to fall in with tbe idea uf a travelling teacher, when dis* tricts with 10 to 20 childaeu available have a full time school.