WHO ARE HALFCASTES?
The following question was recently submitted to the Registrar-General, and the subjoined is his reply thereon :
—Question : “ When a half-caste, one of whose parents is a Maori, contracts marriage with a Maori, is he, or she, to be considered as of the native aboriginal race to whom the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1880, do not apply ?” Answer: “If a half-caste has been brought up with one Maori parent as a member of an aboriginal tribe, such half-caste may be deemed as a native (aboriginal) for the purposes of the Marriage Act, the Act not applying to such persons ; but if the hall-caste has been brought up as a European, or with the European parent, then such halfcaste is brought within the operation of the Marriage Act in case he or she should marry anyone.—W. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General.”
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Patea Mail, 26 May 1881, Page 4
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142WHO ARE HALFCASTES? Patea Mail, 26 May 1881, Page 4
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