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Te Ao Hou, September 1965, Page 56

From the young girl carefully weeding rows of seedling trees in a nursery during school holidays to the office of the Minister of Forests, the Maori people have served in every activity of the Forest Service. In Northland and the Rotorua area in particular, it is doubtful if forestry could have flourished as it has done were it not for the great contribution to the work force by Maori labour. In the past an inclination to work as one of a group and some reluctance to accept authority has meant that though there were hundreds in the various trades and grades of workmen, there were not very many who had accepted staff status and its accompanying responsibility. But in recent years this position has changed and there have been numerous appointments to staff, so much so that about 10% of the junior field supervisors are now Maori.