MR HULTQUIST’S NICKNAME
• TIWAIWA K A”— I TH K FANTAIL Since liis visit to the Coast Mr Hultquist has 'discovered that he being frequently hailed by the Maoits~m and pakenas by a nickname, which lie j was given some time ago Air. lial-.j. neavis, Private Secretary to the Nat-- . ive Minister. The nickname, which, all will agree "is an appropriate one, is “Tiwaiwaka,” spelt. • •'Tiianiikg’’ in some other Maori districts in the Dominion. ’ Asking what the name meant, Mr Hultquist was informed that iif was the Maori name for fantail. “Why fantail?”, said All* Hultquist. “We11,. - because tho fantail flits from place to place, and is never still, and that is. just like you,” was the reply. “You S are always flying over your electorate trying to find out what your electors heed.” i ‘ it was : suggested to Mr Hultquist, who was quite interested, that the name was a tribute to liis energy and activity on behalf of liis constituents.
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 88, 23 September 1938, Page 4
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160MR HULTQUIST’S NICKNAME Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 88, 23 September 1938, Page 4
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