TREATMENT OF THE MAORI
r~* Tax xuiToa of the pexss. V Sir,-. Kua maoa te Taewa. Kia urupu tatou kaua e taukumekume. Much of the feeling that is gradually t: accumulating around this subject might • have been avoided had Maori custom /,been thorough l understood by some t •- and had Maori etiquette been followed by .others. Those who are of tribal authority do not interfere nor proa bounce hasty assertions, until genuine : opinion is Sought in council and then authoritatively stated. . The Maoris of Tuahiwi have adhered family to this custom, and no matter :/ in how scholarly a manner one may Z voice his opinions, the people do not accept responsibility for. nor are they bound by, any utterance that is not given in accordance with Maori procedure; the tribal decision must stand.
X stay my band, delay the while, What needs this farinas rush and roar;
Whose frantic haste I view? and smile, X bide the time and breathe: Taihoa.
Yours, etc., HENARERARUA. August 10, 1936.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21858, 11 August 1936, Page 8
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