Islands bill temporary
f-N.Z. Press Association > • AUCKLAND, Mar. 22. Tfhe new Cook Islands Immigration Bill, which gives thf Cook Islands Government the power to deport anybody who is not a native, wjs only a temporary measure, said the Premier of the Cook Islands (Mr A. H. Henry) in a cable to an official in Auckland. His Government was preparing ■ completely new legislation dealing with entry to aitd residence in the Cook Islands, said Mr Henry in the cable.
Jt was proposed in the new legislation to give greater protection to all Cook Islanders, whether residing in the islands or in New Zealand. The 1963 entry and departure ordinance which was introduced during the New Zealand administration, was “most unsatisfactory for the conditions of the Cook Islands today.” The cable was received by the Cook Islands AdvocateGeneral in New Zealand (Mr E. J. V.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32562, 23 March 1971, Page 2
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