SIR JAMES CARROLL
Sir-The other evening I listened with much interest to the tribute to Sir James Carroll in the "Great New Zealanders" series broadcast from the National Commercial stations, and a fine and generous tribute it was. Nevertheless it seemed to me a pity that the announcer was not a person who could have given just the right inflexion, tie correct pronunciation. To hear a Pakeha speaking bad Maori is irritating to Maori listeners. For example, Timi Carroll would never have referred to Te Kooti Rikirangi as "Tee Koo tee." Also, I think it is wrong to depict Te Kooti as "a bull," a bloodthirsty savage inspired alone by thoughts of revenge. One should always look to the cause of his behaviour, . Carroll’s last phase was rather pathetic; he lingered too long on the stage. But that does not detract from his essential greatness, nor from the invaluable service he rendered both races. He thoroughly deserves a place among "Great New Zealanders."
ERIC
RAMSDEN
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 337, 7 December 1945, Page 5
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