THE PLACE OF THE MAORI IN A MODERN COMMUNITY

Te Ao Hou, August 1957, Page 7

Most young Moori people who wish to take up an apprenticeship have to leave their homes and find accommodation in the cities. These ten boys, all from the East Coast (from Wairoa to Tikitiki) travelled all the way to Christchurch to live at the new Methodist Hostel for the duration of their apprenticeships. The success of the trade training scheme for Maoris is to a large extent due to the hostels. (Christchurch Star-Sun Photograph.) THE PLACE OF THE MAORI IN A MODERN COMMUNITY by T. T. Ropiha I.S.O. Part 3: The Shape of the Future The general feeling amongst the Maoris today is that if the race is to survive, its pride and faith in itself must not only be maintained; but it must also equip itself with those special skills with which to wrest a livelihood from the modern environment. The hands and mind of the Maori must be encouraged to learn the practical arts of

the European. Education in the broadest sense of the word is the means by which the Maori can acquire the skills to fit him for the world of today. All men need to make a living. All men have to conform to the social requirements of the society in which he is to live. All men need what we call a set of values, a sense of what is good and what is evil. Education must provide for all these human needs of the Maori—vocational, social and spiritual.