The Present and Future of New Zealand.
—A gentleman holding a high position in New Zealand, writing to a friend in Sydney on the 25th ultimo, as to the present state and future prospects of that colony, remarks: —" The native question is the question of the day with us. Sir George Grey, I have no doubt, is capable of grappling with the difficulty, but his policy, as yet, has been quite a failure. I foretold so fiom the first. His appointments in the native department were very objectionable, but at the same time unavoidable. I may be wrong, but I fear that a spirited war alone will save the colony from anarchy, and the natives extinction. The natives appear to be doing tbeir best to bring it to that issue. No one can regret more than myself the present state of things, brought about by blundering and incapacity. I have no fear, however, of our northern natives; they know which is the winning side."
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XI, Issue 537, 15 November 1862, Page 4
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164The Present and Future of New Zealand. Taranaki Herald, Volume XI, Issue 537, 15 November 1862, Page 4
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