PAKEHA BISHOP
FOR MAORI DIOCESE KIiIII.’RISE ANI) DISCOURAGEMENT The appointment of a pakeha bishop.; to tile newly-made Maori diocese has occasioned surprise among Maoris, says the Wanganui correspondent ot tho Auckland 'Star. It is /ell ( thal, so Hr lrom developing the cause of the Maori mission, the'suggestion that, after a lengthy period of missionary endeavour among /Maoris, m> Maori is yet fitted for the high olliee ol bishop will constitute a hiiuiriiilee to further endeavour. It is claimed that no encoiiragenient lias been given t'V Maoris In til them selves for the duties ot tho church, particularly on account of the small stipends paid, and if one of the Maori race cannot he chosen now there is reason for fearing that there will he no upper tunitv in the near future tor doing so. The Rat ana Church is also interested in what is transpiring, ns it is fell Ihnt the move being made is with a view to weakening Ratanaism. Ratanaites. however, feel quite secure as long as a Maori is not appointed to the bishopric.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 12 June 1926, Page 8
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177PAKEHA BISHOP Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 12 June 1926, Page 8
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