BREAKING DOWN THE WALL

Te Ao Hou, Winter 1954, Page 40

BREAKING DOWN THE WALL Although the matters under discussion were very often very much of this world, speakers never lost sight of their theological and spiritual foundations. This was particularly noteworthy in the debate on racial relations. At last year's conference two papers on this subject were read, and the Rev. Dan Kaa was deputed to work out a practical programme for the Maori Section to follow, based on the two papers. Instead of doing this, the Rev. Kaa presented, in a third paper, a brilliant account of the Christian attitude to racial problems. Conference was grateful for the Rev. Kaa's essay, and set up a special committee under Bishop Panapa to come to a definite policy on race relations, using all three papers. Conference favoured an active, even militant approach to the race relations problem. The Maori Section's views and their spiritual foundation are well presented in a few questions from the Rev. Kaa's essay, which should be of general interest.