12 APRIL 1924, Page 10

I notice that the Auckland Star has been lamenting the

general ignorance about New Zealand—certainly one of the most attractive countries on the face of the globe. Apart from the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand is to most people a terra incognita, and very little is known about it either in the United States or in Great Britain. But the Government of New Zealand has only itself to thank, and r entirely agree with the Auckland Star when it demands more energetic publicity methods. Take the case of Hawaii ; in all the leading hotels and tourist agencies and in the chief steamships throughout the world attractive literature concerning the " Pearl of the Pacific " is distributed. The result is that Honolulu every year attracts thousands of visitors from across the seas.

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