THE MAORI "KING"
■■>- ♦ —-— .•• NATIVE MEMBER PROTESTS. A reference to the "Maori King" drew a protest from Mr. C. Parata li-oullurn. Maori) in tho House of Representatives J "As a descendant of- chiefs of the South Island, I recognise no King excapt King Oeorge V," said Mr. Parata. "The chiefs of this country by treaty handed over their chieftainship" to gueen Victoria, who became their Sovereign. My people in the South Island have never recognised a Maori Kins. We ; hare chiefs among the tribes of tho . south Island just as high as any in the North Island. There are some thirty tribes in this country iu both the islands, and they have their own chiefs to whom they do Tiomag'"i'he tribes of the WaikaloJ.ave thsir own chief, but they have, sought to set up a Maori King, whom I say as a chief of the South Island is not recognised by. the other tribes.. Tins kiimdom in the Waikalo was eet up no. doubt to destroy the sovereignty of Queen Vict.ria. but the other, tribes have nothing to do with it. There is no Maori King. .
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3191, 15 September 1917, Page 6
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185THE MAORI "KING" Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3191, 15 September 1917, Page 6
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