A CONVERSATION BETWEEN PAKEHA AND MAORI.
Maori. —What is the meaning of all the public meetings we have lately witnessed ? Tha white people seemed very much excited, constantly cheering one another and running to and fro. This is a new thing to us Maories, and we do not understand it. Paheha. —The meetings you refer to, are called by us elections, that is to say, certain persons who are deemed fit and proper to carry on the public business are on those occasions elected by a majority of the people; and the reason why this is new here arises from the fact, that Her Majesty the Queen of England has lately granted a Constitution to the people of New Zealand, in other words, Her Majesty has graciously given her consent that the r inhabitants of these islands should govern themselves. Maori. —This is very good. But what have the people of Wellington, Nelson, and other places to do with us at Auckland ? PakeJia. —The gentlemen you saw in Auckland are members of the General Assembly or Parliament of New Zealand, of which you will hear more by and by. The assembly now sitting is called the Provincial Council, and" there is one of these in each Province. There is also a City Council and a Harbour Committee.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1 January 1855, Page 28
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217A CONVERSATION BETWEEN PAKEHA AND MAORI. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1 January 1855, Page 28
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