“I have seen native races in many parts of the world, but I have never before seen any so high-minded, so unspoiled, so handsome, or so intellectually developed as the Maoris/’ said Mr Thomas Haythomthwaite, a Lancashire manufacturer, in an interview with the “Hawke’s Bay Tribune.” “It has been a pleasure to me to see the cordiality of the relationship between the European people and the Maoris,” he added, “and that relationship will stand high in the credit of both peoples. The way in which the Maoris have been accepted as part of your race, and the justice that has been extended towards them, do honour to your country.” The grace, the beauty, and the artistic talent of the Maoris whom he had seen and heard in entertainments at Rotorua had particularly impressed him.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20027, 7 February 1935, Page 14
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