MAORIS LEAVING THE LAND
ATTRACTED BY PUBLIC WORKS WAGES
'• WHANGARiSI, January 30. ~ The Minister for Lands (the Hon. Jj\ who has been touring Worth Auckland: during the week, is now in the extreme north where he is investigating the position of the indigent settlement of Maoris at Te Hapua on Parengarenga Bay. Yesterday he inspected a Maori settlement at Ahipara, 10 miles west of Kaitaia. The area under a consolidation scheme consists of 2264 acres, and is carrying 586 cows, 204 heifers, *1 bulls, and 33 working horses.
Good progress was reported, but one leader complained that young Maoris were being taken from the land by the attractive wages offered by the Public Works Department. He declared that they were spending their money in liquor instead of improving the lands and suggested the cancellation of licenses in the district. Other speakers pleaded for the retention of the young men on the land and the provision of better housing.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22005, 1 February 1937, Page 6
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