Sir,-Mr. Ritchie was quite right. Dr. Winiata said nothing new. His historical sketch of the development of the present stabilising devices in Maori-Pakeha relationships may be found in obscure official documents. But these facts are not revealed in the orthodox histories. To have done so would have earned the brand of sedition. Some pakeha writers like I. L. G. Sutherland, Miller, Norman Smith, Sinclair and Dick Scott have only recently given the hidden facts to the world, and incidentally repeated what was held and accepted as the true version of New Zealand history for very many years among the Maori people. What was new was Dr. Winiata’s interpretation of the changing functions conveniently attributed by the pakeha and the Maori to the specialised agencies that form the stabilising devices in New Zealand society. His hypotheses are worthy of serious consideration.
JAMES P.
KOHU
(Tauranga).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 822, 29 April 1955, Page 5
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