Interpretation Queried By Mr. Tirikatene
(P.A.) WELLINGTON. March 31. Remarks about the Maori people made by Mr. O. A. Darby, of the Lands and Survey Department. Auckland, were replied to yesterday by Mr. E. T. Tirikatene, M.P., formerly member of the Executive Council representing the native race.
Mr. Tirikatene said this was not a very fair interpretation of the habits of the Maori people, nor would it be fair to say that the Maori was short of leadership. Mr. Tirikatene said the onus was really on the individual to accept his privileges and responsibilities equally in the highest standard of citizenship, to look into the future and watch his family grow up vested with these qualities. It would be more reasonable to say that there were some individuals within the community that were not shouldering their responsibilties as correctly as the majority of' the race. Personally, he felt this would apply to any other race or nationality in New Zealand. Mr. Tirikatene said he associated himself with all sound-thinking people that abuse and misapplication of income, whether earned or unearned, or from social security, would be to the disadvantage of the individual and consequently to his race.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23217, 31 March 1950, Page 6
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