MAORI GROUPS
RATANA following STATEMENT DISCOUNTED The impression crested by the publication of a statement in Christchurch; (that there tre 40,000 members of the Ratana. movement in New Zealand has 'aroused resentment on the part of Mr Taite to tomo, M.V. for the Western Maori district, who declared emphati‘cally that followers of the native prophet did hot number anything like that figure. , “Exahlihe for yourself the returns at the last general election,” he said, “and Voti will 'find that not more than 6000 votes were east for Ratana candidates. Moreover theVe is rib fburtilatioii for the suggestion that Ratana is leader of the native race. We have hnd acknowledge one leader only, and that is that great man Apirana Ngata. ‘‘What he has done for us, his people, btands obt as a remarkable achievement. Which ’stamps him not only as our great leader, but as well our great and true friend.*’ .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18484, 24 August 1934, Page 3
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151MAORI GROUPS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18484, 24 August 1934, Page 3
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