MAORI CULTURE
Sir-There is a tendency these days to forget the past and to single out persons of the present day as the ablest the Dominion has ever known. Professor Sutherland’s broadcast on Eric Ramsden’s book was a case in point. No one wants to detract from Sir Apirana Ngata, but his activities were supplementary to those of Sir James Carroll and Sir Maui Pomare-orators, administrators and patriots of the first water, who represented the rank and file of their race with distinction. With others I met Sir James Carroll in Auckland not long before his death. He was a great man till the day of his death, and had been Acting Prime Minister of the Dominion during Sir Joseph Ward’s time. The Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage said that Sir James Carroll’s oratory flowed from his lips as no other Members did except the Rev. Leonard M. Isitt. Mr. Savage also described Sir Maui Pomare as one of the greatest Maori patriots, whose eloquence resounded throughout the four walls of the House. As Minister of Health he captured the hearts of. men and women for the way he did his job, holding the same view as that great Pro-Consul, Sir George Grey, that there should be equalitv. between the two
Traces,
W. K.
HOWITT
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 518, 27 May 1949, Page 5
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216MAORI CULTURE New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 518, 27 May 1949, Page 5
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