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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 19, No. 2. March 10, 1955

Smug N.Z.ers

Smug N.Z.ers

Can we New Zealanders sit back, smugly conscious of the fact that we have one of the highest standards of living in the world, while there are people in neighbouring countries living in filth, poverty, hunger, disease and death? The Government of thin country is doing a limited amount to help, under the Colombo plan, but it is not enough. We have an under-populated, naturally rich country; it is our duty to open our doors to our Asian neighbours, to give them land to work, to give them hope and faith once more, to give them life. Immigration does present difficulties, but they will not be overcome unless they are faced. We have a deep, natural responsibility to overcome these problems. We can help mould the future of 900 million Asians, or we can write our own execution warrant.

The author of this article, Miss N. O'Shea, is a final-year arts student. She attended the Asian Seminar at Madras last December as the delegate of the University Catholic Society of New Zealand. Before returning to New Zealand, Miss O'Shea travelled extensively through several Asian countries, including India Thailand, Ceylon and Malaya. We regret that owing to space limitations we have had to abridge the article. The feature has also been edited.—Ed.