SINGULAR MAORI INTERPRETATION.
It is sometimes very difficult to follow the train of reasoning in the Maori mind, says the Patea Press, An instance of this was afforded arising out of the injury a young Maori sustained whilst playing football. A relative of the injured youth inquired from the doctor how his patient was progressing, and if he would recover. On being informed that he would be all right in a day or two the inquirer’s face brightened up and he exclaimed, “ Thatthe.good thing. He die from God I not care ; he die from football the very bad thing, not like that at all.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 408, 9 July 1908, Page 4
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104SINGULAR MAORI INTERPRETATION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 408, 9 July 1908, Page 4
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