MAORIS’ CONTRIBUTION
, WANGANUI, Monday The part played by the Maoris or the Aotea land district in assisting the war churl in New Zealand Is revealed by the • act that they have invested more than £26,009 in war funds. The total includes £ 12,00 u invested in Humber Ruuds and £•>Out) in the recent Liberty Loan, lo addition, a special individual cllurt lias been made by the owners or Morikau Farm, pibicipaily owned by member.- or Hie Wlianganui tribe. Their contributions to lhe war effort to dale comprise £iuuu to the patriotic fund, £IOOO interest-free loan to the Government for war purposes, 1:2000 investment in a national savings account with a free girt of stock. The Aotea Maori land district extends from tlie mouth or the Rangittkei River in the south to WhitecltlTs in the north, and Inland to a line running through the centre or Lake Taupu.
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Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21750, 9 June 1942, Page 2
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