No. 25
1900/03/01
No. 25 1900/03/01
[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama.
[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama.
[2] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 25, Gisborne, March 1900
THE SHAME
In the address given by Mr Thornton, teacher at Te Aute, a summary of which was published in Number 19 of Te Pipiwharauroa, he said that Maori, Maori parents, were guilty of a sin in that there was much fornication amongst their children – ‘because of the use of filthy language, because of a lack of this thing - of modesty, their daughters were being brought up without values.’ This is an important thing for the Maori to take on board if they wish their daughters to grow up with a good name, without a blemish on their past, into young womanhood. If a girl does not have this modesty it will be her downfall, her degradation, her flight to the world of darkness.
