Looking For First Maori Premier
(New Zealand Press Association)
AUCKLAND, December 21.
The Bishop of Auckland (the Rt. Rev. E. A. Gowing) said today he wondered sometimes if New Zealanders deeply yearned for greater opportunities and equality for the Maoris.
“Personally,” he said. “I look forward to our first Maori Prime Minister, and, in my own area, the first Maori diocesan bishop.” Bishop Gowing was addressing the Auckland Rotary Club at its Christmas luncheon. A great deal stemmed from the first preaching of the gospel in New Zealand 150 years ago. he said. In the next 30 years 60 per cent of Maoris became Christians, and the attitudes and way of life of a great many of them were changed.
Bishop Gowing said it was proper that anniversary celebrations should be held later this week in the Bay of Islands. "But they will be meaningful only if what we are celebrating means much to us.” It was the coming of the i Christian faith to New Zealand that was to be celebrated. “There is no desire just to give glory to human
beings,” said Bishop Gowing. “The Rev. Samuel Marsden was only an instrument in a greater purpose.”
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30630, 22 December 1964, Page 16
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