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One aspect of race relations in New Zealand (NZ), the effect of Ur'ization on Maoris, is explored. Data are collected to provide a test of the NZ gov's policy of encouraging Ur'ization of the Maori people to further 'integration'-which the gov of NZ has defined as a combination of the white & Maori peoples in one nation 'wherein Maori culture remains distinct.' The alternate hyp, one suggested by critics of Ur'ization, is that cities act to erode the formal & informal bases of Maori culture & civilization. A Test of Maori Knowledge (TMK), a simple 10-item multiple-choice questionaire was designed with the aid of R's. 3 samples were tested: (1) Ur whites, (2) Ur Maoris, & (3) Ru Maoris. The respective X's of the 3 samples were 2.24, 3.43, & 7.15; all diff's were highly signif. The data are interpreted as a refutation of the NZ gov's belief that Ur'ization furthers, or at least does not retard, the distinctive qualities of Maori culture. Some analysis of the process of Ur'izing Maoris is given. AA.

The office of Ombudsman might have some useful functions in cities, but at present a great number of people, in paid and voluntary capacities, are meeting many of the functions of the Ombudsman in defending or pleading for people against the dicta of the bureaucracy. The office of Ombudsman would not be effective in many smaller cities because of the domination of small power groups in those cities. In the larger cities, the Ombudsman could have little effect in the face of the enormous problems and basic deficiencies of the cities. A great issue in political and social life in American cities is the effort of white and Negro separatists to discard democracy and to substitute a caste system based on separatism. If this effort succeeds, no Ombudsman at any level in American society can be effective, because future decisions will be based on what the castes demand of each other, and not on the principle of abstract justice for the individual.