South and North
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WHIM-WHAM
~ [I believe we will have a government in the future which will see that the South Island gets the justice that it has not had in the past."-S. G. Holland, Leader of the National Party, speaking in Christchurch], HE Miles of Sea that separate The North and South----I mean Cook Strait-_ Must influence the mental Trend Of Those who live at either End. All Gaul, in 55 B.C. Was not divided into Three More clearly than the Ocean blue Divides New Zealand into Two. The North produces Butter, Cheese, And Acts of Parliament-but These Are Less its Pride (so it would seem) Than Mudholes and volcanic Steam The South, addicted More to Crops, Has Glaciers and Mountain-tops (For Ornament, not Cultivation), And lags behind in Population, Perhaps in many Years-Who knows?South Islanders may change, and Those Who live in such a different Place Become in Time a different Race? Would they accept, in that Event A northern Seat of Government? Or would they claim, with Noise and Fuss, The Right to be autonomous? My Hope and Trust is, I may say, That Progress tends the other WayMore Integration every Year, Less casual Need for us to hear From any Politician’s Mouth Such Talk of Justice for the South.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 222, 24 September 1943, Page 5
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213South and North New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 222, 24 September 1943, Page 5
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