essayist, not
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Maori becomes essayist, not prisoner
A magistrate in the Australian city of Sydney recently had before her a New Zealand Maori on a drink-driving charge. When she asked the defendant did he know why it was wrong to drink alcohol and SLdtt he dd to no, Car Instead of sentencing him there and then she gave him
the task of writing an essay of not more than 500 words on the subject of drink-driving, the essay to be presented to the court at a date she fixed.
If such humane attitudes were more common the prob lems of adjustment and ac culturation faced by many islan ders in countries such as Aus tralia could well be to some extent alleviated.
Arthur Blackstock
Sydney NSW Australia