Where Is The Love of My People? He Aroha Ranei To Taku Iwi?

Te Ao Hou, March 1965, Page 47

Where Is The Love of My People? He Aroha Ranei To Taku Iwi? The writer of this article was recently an inmate at Waikune Prison. hospitality and generosity are two well-known traits of the Maori people. That is why I feel it is so strange and sad that very few of our Maori leaders and people appear to take an active interest in the welfare and rehabilitation of Maori prison inmates. In nearly all the prisons and institutions the people who take an active and personal interest are Europeans, yet whether we like it or not, the number of Maoris who are inmates in these places is higher, proportionately, than the number of Pakehas. We must face the fact that unless we find an effective way of curbing the increasing number of young Maori offenders, the proportion of Maoris in prison is going to become even higher. This is especially the case as the biggest percentage of the Maori population is in the teenage and primary school age group.