THE MAORI RACE.
address delivered at n.e. VALLEY UNION. Mr. Hemi Potatau, a Maori Divinity Student, who intends working among the Maoris at Taupo, spoke of the disastrous effect of liquor on the Maori race, Before the coming of the Pakeha. intoxicating drinks were unknown. They were a strong people, physically and morally, but, with the introduction of alcohol, they became demoralized, and the present race is not what it used to be. The Maori is a man of today and not of to-morrow The money earned in the shearing sheds is spent on drink instead of on their families. The W.C.T.U. has a great responsibility to the Maori people. The prayers of the Union were asked for a new Maori Men’s Club that has l>een formed, called the "Upward Movement,’ the main object of which Is the abolition of intoxicating drink.
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White Ribbon, Volume 37, Issue 436, 18 November 1931, Page 5
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