MAORI LEADERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 109, 11 May 1939, Page 16

MAORI LEADERS.

CONFERENCE PLAN. INVITATION TO YOUNG MEFi. UNIVERSITY' 3 INTEREST. I inter the pre-hlcncv of Sir Ajiir.imi ; Nyal.i, .in imp.,, I,u,| , onfeieine of ynlilii; M:ii>i i h-.idiM< i- to be Inl I (ii. Ihe Auck l-llld I him -r- i 1 y I iilh-xi' between M.iy _-| and JT. Il - piirpii,,. |. 1,, ni w . the \n :il-.:er Mii'iri m<ll the i.ppiii t inn'v "i di-iii.--inx lb>' luolileuis winch iill'eel the Maori I I'll , a I Ihe j,i I- ...|,t I ,me. IL i-i ll.it hiti-llded In |.a-- ,| UN I i-.iilui |..|i-i nr 111 ike j I"! ni il lie. >'. -. 1.11 l . • her |.. piuunite | ii i l"i -t i mini'.: " ! 'h" I'le-.'in mi ii.i I nnd I" ::n ■• I ! ppm tiiuil >■ Inr I e\ in j I lie pi oi.l.'Ml - a - I Ili'V II ill" I diircrcui 'i.mmiiMilii-s. In nddiliou. the| i-|i| "l \ vw.l be 1,1, II !., \ i-il %II |-i I o - Midi, lii.il .ind clir >it muni ctaldi-h- ' ni' nl ■ in I ii" ill \ a lid I'i enable colli .1. t« ! l.> be ii.-.id" bi-i v. ei'ii the Maori iin-mlierH of I!i iifc'cu e nnd member* of the I- in i i|.c i n (i > 111 ii 1111111 N iu \ ink la lid, The undid.i nf Ihe (•niii'i'ii'iici , \* ili\ uli-il under I'.iiii- Ii I-.. Kcoiiomic- Condii ion-, Ib.iiv. in/ and I lie llonie, lleaith. the (onin i unit v ii ml Kiliinii 'nil). Forty Delegates Expected. It. expected that -nine K) d"leguti'« uill be present, diiiwn from Maori emu in 11 ii i ties eiivprinjt an men from W'niriui and VVanpiiiiui nortliNvards. In addition, it U cxpeeted that, in addition to Sir Apirnnn Sjiiitn, a number of Maori leaders will ittteud the ennferenee, in <■ 111 <liii lt Mr. F'a in in- I'aikea, M.IV. Te I , lien fieningi. Mr. 1 , . H. .Tom-*, of Te Kuiti, Mr. M. K. .lones and Mr. Wnkiiriiii. of rfiiwera. Mr. T.ii Mitchell nnd Mr. n>i nil , in K'mu'i, of IJotonia. Mr. (!. Orniond, jiin.. and Mr. A. T. ( arroll. of Wiiimii. and Mr. H. T. Heedy. of I'lial'irhi. The conference will lie under the nimpiei'x of the National Council for Adult Kdiica t ion. The Xew Zealand Cniincil fnr Kdueiitional He-Rpiin-h is nlso as«i«tinjr. In addition to Ihe Miinrl mpmhprs of the conference. them will hp ii nnniher of , Depart mental ofTleprq and iu"inliers of the college staff nnd of the W.IvA. Local Arrangements. The lncul nrrnnjrpmpnts are in the hunrN of ii aiili cornmittpp pon«i*tirijr r, f pi-ofpsß'.r H. riel-hau- (rhn irmnn >. Mr. A B. Thompson, lecturer in education, Mr. I"'. Martin Smith "ml Mr. Ffifrjrins. nf the \V K A , and Mr. P. Smyth, of St. Stephen's f'olleee. I'r'ifeasni- Fitt, prrifpiwiir of ediicytiou. has nlso ronpernted In prppiirinrf the propranini" nnd in ennferenee an aiH'ements. The rnuneil of the I'nivernitv ('(dlejje hH» made the use of the college buildinjfw iivallnhle for the eoiifereuce and the Students' Association is eo-oporiitinj/* in the billeting of utildc-nta nnd in mnking Hi-ranirenipnts for noeial fiinetions. ft . Is antleipiited thnt various or|{nni«ntlo>ii4 and individuals will n«nist in providing hospitality, thereby drmonslratnL' their Intere't in, and sympathy towni-'U, the solution of problems nnd difficultin< of the Maori people. It iImped by thone who are upotisoring and orraniwinjr the eonfen-m-p thnt it will firnvo n viiliialile ploiiepring exnerimeiit in ndiilt pdiientlon, and will facilitate thp MAderntnndlng which u [n-rmanrnt Koliitlon require*. Origin of the Proposal. .Afllspd to explain lionv the propoenl originated. Dr. Belelmw anid thnt Inst ypjir h* travelled some 2000 miles visiting n large number of Maori eom in unit ies in thp North Inland. His purpose wne to make, a survey of the present economic position of the Maoris, which nvii« to provide a hnwis for i< chapter in a forthcoming »yinpoeltim on the position of tho Maoris today. The publication had been authorised by the International Research Council of the Institute of Pacific Itehltinlifl. 11l tlie course of his investi'/ations, he Miid ho felt the economic prnldeiriM were mi closely connected with f|'testioii« nf health, culture and community relations that they could not be neptirated. Hu considered that there would ho much value from the discnssioim of a conference of yo\m<X Maori leader*. He discussed tho possibility Nvitli Maori leaderrt'in various comiind'iities, nnd with Sir Apiiurm N|a;ntii. and a committee whs set up to dimities the matter further. The proposal had the approval of tho Council for Adult Education and of tho Ncnv Zealand Council for Kdueationnl Research. Meanwhile Sir Apirana Ngutu and other leaders had organised the, conference from tha sido of the Ma or Iβ,