The Rev. James Aitken, Moderator of the General Assembly, stated at St. Andrew’s Hall, Auckland, on Monday night that when he was in the Tahoe country recently amongst the Maoris he saw two strange children (states the Auckland “Star”).. They were neither Maori, pakeha, nor half-castes. They had ashen-grey skins, and flaxen hair. He was told that they were descendants of the ancient Morioris, and that, through generations, certain characteristics had been maintained and not absorbed by a dominant race. He thought that inquiries might reveal interesting facts about the ancient inhabitants of Tahoe land, who lived there long before the Maoris came to New Zealand.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3791, 12 May 1928, Page 2
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