THE MAORI PIGEON
Sir,—l wish to endorse all that “Te Manu-a-te-Ata” says regarding the proposed slaughter of the beautiful native pigeon to provide delicacies for the Maori Battalion. He is quite right in alluding to the Maori people as bird lovers. In the past these islands provided no meat diet except the flesh of birds, when the Maori was justified in using them as food. It is a different matter altogether when the race has all the food of the pakeha from which to choose, and as a whole, I hardly think Maoris would approve of action involving the possible extinction of one of the most beautiful pigeons in the world, if not the most. As a matter of fact, the president of the Forest and Bird Protection Society tells me that the pigeon has been on the absolutely protected list since 1921, and that no such action could be taken without first removing it from the list.—Yours, etc., AUTHOR “CHILDREN OF TANE.” May 7, 1943.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23943, 10 May 1943, Page 6
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