EDUCATION FUND
353 Awards To Maoris (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Feb. 7. The Maori Education Foundation has received more than 600 requests for assistance since applications were called for in November. The foundation’s chairman. Mr D. G. Ball, said today that the selection committee had examined thoroughly these cases and most of the applicants had been advised of its decisions. There have been late applications and others are still under consideration but, so far, the awards number 353. Their amounts vary according to individual circumstances. The educational needs of the applicant were the major consideration, said Mr Ball.
The awards were generally to Maori children at secondary school level, he said. A number of applicants at university level were soon to be interviewed.
. “The expenditure incurred by these awards to date will not be less than £23,000,” said Mr Ball.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30051, 8 February 1963, Page 13
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