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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 1 (April 2, 1934.)

A Founder of the Polynesian Society

A Founder of the Polynesian Society.

The Polynesian Society of New Zealand, which for more than forty years has been engaged in the gathering and publishing of anthropological and linguistic knowledge in this country and the Pacific Islands, was established by Mr. Tregear and his great friend and fellow-worker, the late Mr. S. Percy Smith (Surveyor-General), and a few other like-minded students of matters Maori. Smith and Tregear were the chief pillars of the Society for many a year, and they initiated the collecting of material about the races of this ocean which presently assumed great proportions. Through their efforts a very large amount of lore touching the traditions and origins of the Maori-Polynesians was placed on record, forming a solid foundation and setting an example for other workers in this field of knowledge.