COLLECTION OF MAORI RATES BECOMING A MAJOR N.Z. PROBLEM
NAPIER, Last Night (PA). —The present unsatisfactory system of collecting Maori rates, many of which were unpaid, caused criticism of Government policy to be voiced at the Municipal Association Conference.
The Government is to be asked to make compromise payments forthwith to compensate local bodies for unpaid rates, a request for implementation of alterations to the existing method of collecting rates is also to be made.
A remit to this effect was adopted on the motion of Mr K. W. Low (Te KuitD, who said one of the greatest domestic problems facing New Zealand was the future of the Maori race. If the present rate of increase of Maori populations was maintained, they would outnumber Europeans in 50 years. “Government policy is to grant them equal status and equal rights, but overlooks the fact that there are no rights without corresponding obligations,” he said.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 17 February 1949, Page 6
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