MORE AND MORE MAORIS

Te Ao Hou, 1973, Page 57

MORE AND MORE MAORIS by A. C. Walsh Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, $1.75 It's a pity this most useful booklet has such a strange title—giving to some people the impression that ‘Maoris are arriving in an avalanche’, an impression possibly reinforced by the cover picture of one Maori man surrounded by twelve children. As the 1969 census figures were the latest used, surely ‘Maoris in 1970’ would have been an apt title. As its author says, the booklet is ‘a simple statistical survey of the Maori today’, and to have so much information set out clearly and concisely in 50 pages will be of tremendous value to all sorts of students. The topics covered range from numbers and geographical distribution of Maoris, employment and incomes, land and its uses, attainment and destination of school leavers, the Maori Education Foundation, crime, health, housing, electorates, Maori Welfare and Maori organisations, to tribal areas, historical influences and the Maori language. A six-page essay on ‘Maoritanga’ reprinted from Affairs ‘69 is good value, and will be of great help to those who previously knew nothing of the ‘world of the Maori’. A brief glossary is included, and the bibliography selects good reading for those interested in further study.