Maoris Equal To Any Race-Nash

Northern Advocate, 1 February 1947, Page 4

Maoris Equal To Any Race-Nash

CANEERRA. This Day. The New Zealand Maori was equal to, but no better or worse than, the peoples from any other part of the world, said the New Zealand deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nash), in an address broadcast over the Australian national radio network. The Maori had gifts Mr Nash said, which, when made available to other people, enabled them to be better than if they had not known them. New Ztealand interest in the South Pacific Conference was linked up with its interest in the Polynesians and the Maoris. Anyone who studied the relationship between the two different types of people in New Zealand would be struck with enthusiasm about what had been done for and by the Maori in the last century. MAGNIFICENT TRADITION “We realise that the Maori has a magnificent tradition, and that he has made great contributions to the advancement of our country,” said Mr Nash. “It is because of what New Zealand has done for the Maoris and the Maoris for New Zealand that New Zealand is particularly interested in this conference.” Similar benefits to those in New Zealand should be extended everywhere to natives in the South Pacific, he said.