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...Maori children have a non-Maori parent. Maori in need, Brash says, would be better helped as Kiwis than as members of a racial group. "The simple fact of being Maori doesn't necessarily mean people need assistance," whether it's financial aid or lower university entrance marks. In Tauranga, fireman Greg Padgett, and his cousin Pete, who wears traditional tattoos, agree. "Maori are a proud people, and I'm proud to be Maori," says Padgett. "But I believe Maori can do whatever they want to do if they choose to do it. They don't need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Line In The Quicksand | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...glamour entries were not the only ones in trouble. Beyond the Cape of Good Hope, the "roaring forties" justified their ill repute. Italy's Tauranga lost a crewman to the angry sea, and Dominique Guillet, captain of the French yawl 33 Export, was tossed overboard and lost when his safety harness snapped during a squall. Then came the terrifying moment when heavy seas rolled the Mexican ketch Sayula II so far her masts were deep under water. "There was no warning," recalls Crewman Keith Lorence. "Suddenly there was a big crash and the lights went out. She righted herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Racing Magellans | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

First Things First. In Tauranga, New Zealand, Postman James Duncan, 41, was fined $56 after postoffice repairmen found under the floor boards 1,200 Christmas letters, which Duncan had hidden there when he realized that he did not have time to deliver the mail and attend a Christmas Eve party as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 26, 1955 | 12/26/1955 | See Source »

First Things First. In Tauranga. New Zealand, Postman James Duncan, 41, was fined $56 after post-office repairmen found under the floor boards 1,200 Christmas letters, which Duncan had hidden there when he realized that he had no time to deliver the mail and attend a Christmas Eve party as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 2, 1955 | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

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