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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6803, 5 January 1929, Page 8

Tangimoana, the popular seaside resort -will bn the venue of a danco this evening. Everything for a splendid night’s amusement will be provided.

“Our Maori friends who have more recently lived near nature thau we pakehas show a great knowledge of the habits of our native birds, and know well how to win their affections,” states a writer in the interesting booklet issued by tho Now Zealand Native Bird Protection Society. “Thus it would astonish many a shootist who is prone to wait carefully screened in order to even get within shooting range of a duck, to see the wild ducks come sailing down to the call of tho Maori on Ivapiti Island, then pitch unconcernedly at his feet anti be fed out of his hand. Let a stranger be present, however, and the bird will likely pass at a goodly distance. In tho mating season a duck will at times bring along her husband, who takes a lot of convincing that the ground is good and safe. Then again at Mangamuka, in the Hokiauga district, our native birds have a trnc friend and protector in Mr. Nopcri Olcnc, an influential chief in that district. This enthusiast goes in for tho thing on a more extensive scale, and preserves the birds by the establishment of sanctuaries. It is to be hoped other Maoris will be induced to follow the example, and thus help to undo the evil which the pakeha has done our wonderful -and unique bird life.