Maori as honorary members of the White Tribe.

Abstract

Many of the social aspects of Sydney shocked us. For instance, the ramifications of the White Australia Policy. All enlightened New Zealanders of my generation detested the White Australia Policy. The teaching of pride in, and respect for, our native people the Maoris [sic] was part of the school curriculum: an inferential refusal to recognise a colour line which was extended to cover other coloured people. Indians entered freely into New Zealand and, as British subjects, enjoyed all the civil rights of whites.