“KING CAN DO NO WRONG”
MAORI’S OPINION OF RATANA
STILL HELD IN AFFECTION.
A prominent member of the Ratana movement, when asked what effect the prosecution of Katana for drunkenness would have upon the followers of the movement, replied that they -would not take the slightest notice of it.
The Maori had a different way of viewing incidents of this sort to that of the pakeha mind, and was not so prone to scandalise his neighbour. As far as Katana was concerned, his followers looked upon him in the same light that a loyal pakeha would look upon his King, and “tlie King can do no wrong,” and neither could Ratana. He will still be held in warm affection by those in the movement.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12652, 12 January 1927, Page 7
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