TAIHOA POLICY NOT ENCOURAGED

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 253, 16 January 1928, Page 11

TAIHOA POLICY NOT ENCOURAGED

NX CENTENARY IN 1940 IAORI PREPARATIONS IN HAND n?*® likin & of the Maoris for examop * a Question from all angles beitn arnv * n £ a* decision he.s passed i proverb. In the world of polioi,™ v taihoa or "hold on a bit” been one of the standing i«nt Native Affairs DepartThe Maoris, however, feel that n han due e niphasis has been laid t*ihoa habit and the Akaranu u i t Assoc^a fion has resolved to do utmost to disprove the legend. las t committee meeting the -hoaation opened its campaign taihoa calumny by proposani»l at ,n a start be made to or‘wase u fitting celebration of the cen'r*** 0 * 1840; the date of the official ._? atlon of the colony of New Zea- i f* a , n , d incidentally of the founding - Auckland City. The association is , opinion that 12 years ahead is not , i long a time to organise fitting pre--?ns *° mark the passing of the * 100 years of New Zealand’s official nstence. A 1 j*R*t the proposal should indicate Maoris are living down their 'Jutation for taihoa. further contended that in any “ivities or national functions in 1940 “ Maori race should be allotted a n commensurate with that that it * Played in the history of New ZeaThe Prime Minister and Minis- ; °f Internal Affairs are being complicated with.