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Te Ao Hou, June 1959, Page 22

Catholics and to a lesser extent the Church of England, seem to be doing the same thing. Attitudes and policies are very frequently decided in political and administrative organisations by the religious background of members. Then, in the selection of leaders for the tribal committees, again one notes the religious and the kinship affiliations exerting an influence. A leader in a church secures a place in the tribal committee. “F” is a preacher. He became a chairman of a tribal committee and from there he went on to the Waitemata Tribal Executive. He was chosen from the Waitemata Tribal Executive to a place on the important housing allocation committee in the city. His position in the church gave him standing in the tribal executive. He was frequently asked to open the meetings with prayer. It should be said that he was a competent a administrator, a good speaker in both Maori and English and a man with wide welfare interests.