A Leader with High Ideals And Astonishing Energy

Te Ao Hou, September 1965, Page 5

A Leader with High Ideals And Astonishing Energy by Harry Dansey There are people in New Zealand whose records of service to the community at large and to the Maori race in particular equal that of Dr Manahi Nitama Paewai. There have been people in the past whose service exceeds that which he has up until now given. But of the first, there can be no more than a dozen or so. And of the second, even less—and they are looked at in the light of the accomplishments of lifetimes. For Dr Paewai is just 45, and who can know what he will build in the years to come on the foundations of experience and ideals now so firmly laid? Let's not attempt to analyse until we've examined the record. And what a record ! Would that there were more such ! He is known to many simply as “the Doc”, to others as Nahi—a contraction of his first Christian name—while some members of his family choose to call him Nitama. But whatever name is used, it is with affection and respect.