“ Some people declare that it is not the least use educating young Maoris as they invariably go back to the mat,” said Miss Kinross, principal of the Turakina Maori Girls’ College, a,t the session of the Presbyterian General Assembly at Wellington. "Now, what is meant by this term ‘back to the mat’? ” asked Miss Kinross. “If it means that the young men and girls sometimes go back home, and do their part in picking the corn and potatoes, is that a matter for sneering? Far worse would it be if boys and girls were educated to such an extent that they would be too proud to do honest toil on the home farm.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 4032, 23 June 1931, Page 7
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