FUTURE OF THE MAORI.
The Acting-Prime Minister, Hon. J. Carroll, speaking to the natives at Omahu last week, said that the 1 Maori of to-day must understand what his obligations are, what his duties are, what he owes to himself and to the country. The day for takirg a negative s*and against allforward movement has gone by. "He niust work with the pakeha henceforth as one people—cull from him what is good, copy from him what is practicable. Though the Maori is'not so well equipped as the pakeha in the race and struggle of life, yet he is not. landless, he has something to start with. He has an asset, and upr o nhimself rests his\own success and his betterment- He must ; nbt allow his land -to. lie.idle— : he must make it pro-; ductive. He must share with the pakeha the burdens of State. If he cannot use his land, or will not,' then the land will be better in other people's hands. The Stdte cannot allow, and will not allow, any portion of its land, whether owned by Maoris or any other people, t6 remain unproductive. The Maori require to be thrifty, to save'whatever they make, and to peg out claims for their posterity.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9531, 1 July 1909, Page 4
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205FUTURE OF THE MAORI. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9531, 1 July 1909, Page 4
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