Polynesian Studies

Te Ao Hou, June 1965, Page 57

Polynesian Studies edited by B. Mitcalfe Wellington Teachers' Training College, 4s Almost all of the articles in this enterprising publication are by students at Wellington Teachers' College. They cover a wide field, most but not all of them being concerned with education. Well informed, thoughtful and above all constructive, the book deserves to be widely read. An excellent article on the ‘Place of the Maori Language’ presents a strong case for the teaching of Maori in our schools, and points out that teachers would in fact be available for this: ‘If it were not for those Auckland high schools where Mr Waititi has been working and for the Maori church schools, there would be only three of our state high schools in which Maori is taught. Yet the majority of our Maori children are educated in these state schools. Each year there are more than 20 graduates from Auckland University qualified in Maori. Where do they go? There hasn't been a job for a teacher of Maori in the gazette for months!’