THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION OF HAURAKI MAORI AFTER COLONISATION

Manaia

`Fearful mortality ... five years ago ... over 3o children died in about three months' (Walter, BAAA toot 297b)

The winter is coming [April] and fully so% of the children already have colds' (Walter, JI 1906/396)

Miranda and Kaiaua

School roll around 30-40. 'About half of these are Maoris and there is always more or less sickness and disease among them' (T.F. Warren, Board School teacher, JI 1903/634)

1904   Te Kerepehi

`Typhoid fever prevalent' (Inspector of Native Schools, AJHR 1904 E2)

1905   Regional

No mention of region in record of subsidies paid by Department of Land and Surveys to resident doctors in outlying regions (AJHR. 1905 0:31

1906   Regional

Health very good but crop failure will lead to semi-starvation and high mortality; Maori lose farm stock through rabbit poisoning (Census report, AJHR 1906 (s2) H26A)

Ohinemuri county

Crop failure, potato crop rotted, maize and oats poor (Census report, AJHR 1906 (s2) H26A)

Coromandel county

Good health, influenza not serious. Charitable Aid Board does not consider that its Act applies to Maori (Census report, AJHR 1906 (S2) H26A)

1907   Thames

Measles and whooping cough reported (Hope, BAAA 1001 596b)

Te Kerepehi

School closed due to measles, one child dead (Hope, BAAA 1001 596b)

1908   Te Kerepehi

Maori cultivations flooded (Hope, BAAA I001 596b)

General (New Zealand)

`Epidemics and sickness have interfered with the regularity of the attendance [at Native Schools]' (Inspector of Native Schools, AJHR 1908 E2)

1909   Te Kerepehi

Considerable sickness and one death among schoolchildren (Hope, BAAA 1001 596b)

1911   Regional

Maori health good but potato crops destroyed by blight (Census report, AJHR 1911

HI4A)

Te Kerepehi

One case of typhoid at Native School (Hope, BAAA row 596b)

1912   Thames

Numerous cases of enteric disease (H. Maclean, Assistant Inspector of Hospitals,

AJHR 1913 H31)

1912/13 Mataora Bay

Epidemic, probably typhoid, closes school, teacher's letters passed to Department of Health (L. Church, Native School teacher, BAAA Tool 329b)

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