A Positive Force For Good The study of mixed marriages has shown me clearly that in nearly every case where a Pakeha is confronted with a Maori ‘in-law’ he soon accepts him and often changes his whole attitude towards Maoris. Mixed marriage is therefore much better seen as a positive force for good in the New Zealand community than as a disruptive force within the Maori section of the community. Whether or not features of Maori culture which are held so dear survive in the second half of the 20th Century rests much more on the skill with which they can be blended into the total New Zealand culture than on the retention of a ‘racially pure’ group. (I wonder how many Maoris have no Pakeha ancestry? The latest census says 54%. My guess is not more than 10% at the outside.) Dr John Harre is a lecturer in Social Anthropology at Otago University.
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Te Ao Hou, September 1964, Page 19
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