Te Kopara 58
[3] Te Kopara, Number 58, Gisborne, 12 August, 1918.
‘Iti te Kopara, kai takirikiri ana i runga i te Kahikatea.’
Although the Bellbird is small, he plucks at the Kahikatea. [cf Nga Pepeha 908]
THE BISHOP’S ADDRESS TO THE AREA HUI OF THE MAORI CHURCH OF THE ARCHDEACONDRY OF WAIAPU, HELD AT TE ARAROA ON 28TH FEBRUARY, 1918.
2. The Education of the Maori Clergy.
We are agreed that this is a time of transition for us from the old world to the new. The Maori People are paddling away during these days. This is a difficult time in the progress of the peoples and this is especially true for the Maori People. Maori have not entered into the new world, rather they have been thrust into it. Their language in this new world is English. They are taught in this language in the Board schools and in Maori schools. They have begun to express their thoughts in the Pakeha language.
