EUROPEAN AND MAORI
ACTIVE co-operation NEEDED SIR PETER BUCK’S VIEW A. plea for understanding between ■Maori and European in New Zealand w as made by Sir Peter Buck yesterday when he, spoke to the Christchurch Businessmen's Club. With the drift if Maoris to the towns they were losing their tribal organisations, he •aid out it had been shown in Auckland that a community centre was a valuable meeting place, and he had h«en pleased to learn that pakehas, the Rotary Club, had been the first to subscribe towards the cost of the Ct "We are all New Zealanders,” Sir Peter Buck said, “and we must all work together. I know that everything is not all good. There is an increase in crime, but that is not confined to the Maori people—it is worldW Sh Peter Buck said he had been pleased to find conservative European communities in the North Island joining with Maoris in a community spirit. ' . , “I see a new spirit.” he said. “If there is any racial prejudice I think it is among a few ignorant people. Active co-operation must lead to a better understanding between us both."
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25735, 22 February 1949, Page 3
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