Maori education
Sir, —Lack of Maori involvement in school committees is attributable less to apathy than to • timeingrained cynicism at the systematic way in which the odds are stacked against us. The statements from supposedly responsible members of the executive of the National Schools Committee can only serve to alienate even more Maoris. If Mr Alcock listened, he would notice that the difference between what young and old Maoris are saying is oniy one of rhetoric, not substance. It is only natural that young Maoris should want to put what is, after all, their case without regard for pakeha sensitivity, It is questionable whether the committee even listens to what Mr Alcock calls "responsible Maoris." What responsible Maori could oppose increased aid to private Maori schools? Mr Alcock should argue facts like under-achievement and pakeha apathy. Possibly then he will become part of the solution instead of the problem.—Yours, etc., KIA ORA TATOU. June 16, 1971.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32635, 17 June 1971, Page 10
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