Author and lecturer Dr Robert E. Bartholomew presents his book No Maori Allowed, which tells the untold story of Māori racial segregation.
Using records from the National Archives and firsthand interviews, No Maori Allowed looks at what happened at Pukekohe and the extent of racial intolerance across the country at this time.
In Hamilton, stores refused to let them try on pants
On K Road in Auckland, shops signs read ‘No Credit for Māori’
Councils jacked up prices for state houses to keep them out of ‘white’ neighbourhoods
Hospitals had segregated maternity wards and gave them less expensive cutlery
Banks and shops had official policies of not hiring ‘coloureds’
Image: Multicultural classroom, Pukekohe Hill School, ca 1987, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 07979. https://bit.ly/2EIvZCP
Recorded at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero on July 22 2020