Better Understanding

Te Ao Hou, March 1963, Page 20

Better Understanding Successful gardeners on the Hill will tell you good crops don't just happen—the soil must be well prepared in advance. And better understanding between the people is being cultivated, apparently with good results. For more than a year before the elections I was living in Pukekohe, and I took a long, hard look at the situation. Part of the time I lived with Bill and his most hospitable family, where the distinction between boarder and guest scarcely exists, and I was well placed to observe the Maori life about me. Add to that my membership in the tribal committee and my teaching at the Maori School, and you probably feel that my observations were biased. You may be right. Anyway the following is a summary of my observations and impressions as a visitor to the town.