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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17133, 8 September 1926, Page 11

"The Maori mind cannot understand the psyeholog/ of tie pakeha in regard to sport." remarked the Hon. A. T. Xgata (Eastern Maori) in the House of Representatives last night, in referring tij the question of fishing rights in fcne Tanpo Lake. 'Die Maori, lie said, ■•.•ould mil understand what the pakeha saw in walking up and down a nank ; wadii'C up to his waist in a cold stream ; nourishing a very slender stick and a line of thread thickness, with an absurdly small hook and a sham tly attached to it; and trying to catch a big I'iah, and enjoying it. And then, having caught his fish the fisherman ••chucked" it awav. The Maori thought the pakeha introduced trout into the streams merely for fun, and not for food ; he had always believed that fish were primarily for food. "The Native," he said, "believes tlint people of surh a psychology ought to he charged £3 for the fun he enjoys." (Lnughier.)