“Someone lias said that it would have been better had the .Maori race been left, to continue in a savage state,” said Mr. Pita U. Baku, speaking on behalf of the Maoris at the centennial celebrations at Solway, Masterton. "I personally can’t see any sense in that, statement. I would rather be civilized than savage, and t would far, far sooner be civilized than chased by another savage.”
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 147, 16 March 1940, Page 7
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