WELFARE OF MAORIS.
AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. (Per United Press Association.) HASTINGS, April 10. An important conference affecting the welfare of the Maoris was held at Pakipaki last evening, Sir Apirana Ngata being present. A discussion took place on the Amori scholarship. It was pointed out that the present method of allocating scholarships to Maori students was not sufficiently distributed over the whole of the Maori population. It was proposed that in lieu of the present method the Education Department be asked to allocate a stated number of Maori scholarships to defined areas. Maori Dane Board areas, it was suggested, would be a suitable way of distributing these scholarships, so that every tribe would benefit equally. It was also resolved to ask the Government that the scheme of household schools lie extended to the Maoris, as there were many districts where the Maoris were living on their own individual lands away in the back-blocks, too far from established schools. A resolution was also passed conveying thq thanks of the Maoris to the New Zealand University for the introduction of the Maori language as a pass subject for the B.A. ".nd B.Sc. degrees.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20380, 11 April 1928, Page 10
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191WELFARE OF MAORIS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20380, 11 April 1928, Page 10
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