MAORIS IN CHINESE GARDENS
CONDITIONS IN THAMES DISTRICT. RACES WORKING HARMONIOUSLY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Thames, July 20. Statements made in the House by Sir Apirana Ngata concerning the conditions of Maori girls working for Chinese gardeners and living under immoral conditions are proved by investigations made by a reporter and social workeis to be incorrect in so far as the Thames district is concerned. There have been Maori girls working for Chinese gardeners, both at Thames and Kirikiri, during the tomato season, but these have invariably been accompanied in the fields by their parents and escorted home to the pa. The Maoris appear satisfied, with the wages agreements with the Chinese, but are at variance with them over contracts for the supply of pea-sticks and tomato stakes, of which the Thames supplies the majority to Chinese gardeners in the Auckland suburbs. These are obtained by the Maoris and sold by the Chinese to their compatriots on commission, and the amount of the commission has usually caused disputes. Otherwise both races are working harmoniously together.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1929, Page 13
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