Staff on free trip
PA New Plymouth About 125 Housing Corporation staff from midNorth Island regions will get a free trip to Wellington today to see Te Maori exhibition at the National Museum, the “Daily News” reported. Workers from Housing Corporation offices in Napier, Gisborne, Hastings, New Plymouth, Wanganui and Palmerston North will visit Te Maori with transport costs and exhibition fees being met by the corporation. It is costing the corporation’s New Plymouth branch $1550 to send 31 of its 47 staff to the exhibition.
The “Daily News” was told of the visit by a caller who was irate that the corporation was funding the visit. The branch manager, Mr Brian Reeve, said he regarded it as a stafftraining exercise and felt the benefits to be gained were worth the expense. It was part of the corporation’s wider efforts to gain a greater understanding of the community and thereby better provide for people’s needs.
“One of the big sectors of the community is the Maori people and we are doing this to get a better understanding of the Maori culture,” he said. The trip had been arranged after corporation staff in the Wellington region had seen the exhibition and recommended it.
The New Plymouth office will be open as usual with a skeleton staff.
The corporation will have Te Maori to itself for an exclusive evening view.
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