A Sportsman’s Paradise.

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 126, 23 May 1932, Page 4

A Sportsman’s Paradise.

In Maori lands a short distance south of Kawhia, near the village of Kinohaku, a party of Taranaki sportsmen, who hd. the shooting rights over several lakes, bagged 125 ducks, found 300 Maoris living the contented communal life of their forefathers, with only one white man —the school-master—in the district, and on a wonderful beach found fish in profusion. The estate in which the lakes arc situated is the Hari Hari estate, owned entirely by the Maoris. Part of it is swamp land, and has been brought into cultivation with modern drainage. The property is practically entailed says the Taranaki Daily News,” and the Maoris refuse to sell the land ,pointing out that they have comfortable living with plenty and various foods, while their brothers who have sold their land to the pakchas are now in trouble. The Maori children go to the school at the age of five and are unable to speak a word of English. The schoolmaster is unable .to talk much Maori. “However,” said the schoolmaster, whimsically, “we get on quite well. I draw diagrams on the board, and they seem to like the coloured ones very much.”