Word: maoris
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only social distinctions upheld here are among the small native population, the Maoris, who landed on New Zealand in the fourteenth century, Maori families, it seems, pride themselves on which canoe their ancestors came over...
Died. Sir Peter Henry Buck, 71, lifelong friend of New Zealand's native Maoris, leading authority on the South Pacific's Polynesian culture; in Honolulu. Born to an Irish father who married a Maori tribal princess, Buck led the hard-fighting Maori troops in World War I. He wrote about Polynesians in Vikings of the Sunrise, helped the U.S. Navy resettle Polynesians who left Bikini to make way for the atom bomb tests...
After years of doctoring New Zealand's native Maoris,* Dr. George M. Smith is convinced that in a good many ways they are healthier in mind and body than the pakeha (white man). But, says he, "The diets of both Maori and pakeha are deteriorating. It's this modern craze for vegetables and fruit. The old idea was to feed the fruit and vegetables to the pig and then eat the pig. Physiologically, I am sure, this was correct...
...paintings by a non-convert named Chang Chao-ho, who has been commissioned to illustrate the Church's first full translation of the Bible into Chinese. To him, as to Korean Sculptor Kim Chong Young, the Madonna was an almond-eyed lady in a flowing kimono. A Maori artist decked her in a long grass skirt. African carvers made her a Negro, often barebreasted, sometimes put heavy coils of beads round her neck. Indo-Chinese versions of the Madonna were apt to resemble the Buddhist goddess of Mercy, Kuan...
Last week, at 76, much-loved Apirana Ngata died. In his last days he had had the satisfaction of knowing that the Maori birth rate had risen to a level above that of New Zealand whites. Sir Apirana had contributed, fathering ten children...