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PER ARDUA PRO PATRIA’ The comment reported a while ago / that non-indigenous citizens should be ; sent back to the lands of their forebears ■' had an unexpected spin-off at a local school .i The history master demanded from his class: “Who was it who said that no-one can truthfully speak of the healthfulness of New Zealand until he- has been thoroughly ventilated by the restless breezes of Port Nicholson?” There was a protracted silence, finally broken by a timid voice saying, “Please, sir, I think it was Bishop Selwyn speaking to some newly-arrived settlers in Wellington in 1839.” “Absolutely correct'” said the teacher. “And you other boys should take note. Young Brown here and his family have only been in New Zealand a few months, yet already he seems to know more of our history than the rest of you.” “It’s about time we shipped all these ruddy Poms back where they came from,” came a voice from the back of the classroom. “Who said that?” snapped the teacher. A Maori lad raised his hand. “Please, sir, I think it was Te Rauparaha speaking to the Ngati Toa at Kapiti in 1841.”
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Press, 3 December 1985, Page 22
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