MAORIS SPOILT
TOO MUCH .ATTENTION AN ADVERSE CRITICISM “ARROXGAXT AND CONCEITED.” BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT -SYDNEY, Nov. 16. Mr J. A. Thompson, a former member of the West Australian Legislative Council on his return from Auckland by the Maraina said that the Maoris in New Zealand had been pampered to such an extent that in town at least, they were becoming both arrogant and conceited. They have been spoilt by too much attention, due chiefly to various Government’s desires for votes, and in consequence are following in the footsteps of the South African native, who will now push the whites off the footpath if they happen to black the way.
Whites and Maoris mix far too much in the cities of New Zealand. It is quite a common thing to see young Maori men swaggering beside quite refined looking white girls, and young Europeans, mostly of the bank clerk type, taking out Maori girls. This is a tendency that reputable people in New Zealand strongly deplore, but none the less it is growing and is becoming quite a serious problem.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 November 1927, Page 5
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179MAORIS SPOILT Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 November 1927, Page 5
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