Which Way Are The Winds Blowing?

Te Ao Hou, March 1963, Page 20

Mr and Mrs Bill Proctor, of Pukekohe. Mr Proctor is one of the people who have done much to improve race relations in Pukekohe, and recently became the first Maori to be elected to the Pukekohe Borough Council. Which Way Are The Winds Blowing? by B. Kernot I suppose there were many more likely places where one would expect to find Maoris on the borough council than Pukekohe, the market-gardening centre near Auckland. For twenty-five years or more we have become accustomed to hearing unpleasant reports which generally reflected poor understanding between the various races living in the district, but particularly between Maoris and Pakehas. Yet in the elections of November last the people elected their first ever Maori borough councillor, Mr Bill Proctor, in a keenly fought election.