YOUTH HOSTELS IN RAROTONGA
Cook Islands Church Project A grant of £5OO to help members of the Cook Islands Christian Church build two youth hostels in Rarotonga was made by the executive committee of the New Zealand National Council of Churches at its monthly meeting in Christchurch yesterday. The council's secretary (the Rev. A. A. Brash) said that this grant had been made with the council’s promise of additional practical help should this be needed in the venture.
The youth hostels, planned by the Cook Islands church as much-needed centres of accommodation for school children from the outlying islands, were to be built entirely by voluntary labour. Present living conditions for many such children were extremely poor.
Members of the church had already raised £lOOO towards financing the project, the Cook Islands Government having contributed £l7OO towards furnishing costs.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29623, 20 September 1961, Page 8
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