Te Pipiwharauroa 124
No. 124
1908/07
[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 124, Gisborne, July 1908.
‘As clouds deck the heavens, so feathers enable the bird to fly.’ [cf. Nga Pepeha 352]
AGRICULTURE
When I arrived at Te Aute, the pupils and their parents had one main idea, to strive to get the learning of the Pakeha and to enter upon their highest offices. If a young Maori entered a lawyer’s office his parents were very proud; it was also a great thing for Maori if his child qualified as a carpenter, a blacksmith, a tailor, a salesman, or in other of the many occupations of the Pakeha. But I did not hear of one of my friends at school wanting to become a farmer.
