HOMES FOR MAORIS
The intention of the Government to provide homes for the Maori people on a similar standard as for the pakeha, and a suggestion that the Maori meetinghouse erected for the Centennial exhibition in Wellington, should be transferred to Orakei, were mentioned by the I rime 'Minister, Mr. Fraser, in the House of Kepresetnativcs yesterday, when the Native Affairs Committee reported on a petition previously submitted. It had asked that the Maoris be secured m the occupation of Orakei, and that, the Government afford them aid in bringing the condition of their village and its environment to comply with the present day standard of living. The committee recommended the. petition to the Government for consideration, and lhe Prime Minister said he could promise that would be given. Everybody would agree that in regard to the present conditions of health and sanitation and the site for houses, at Orakei there was nothing more undesirable anywhere.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 268, 7 August 1943, Page 6
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156HOMES FOR MAORIS Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 268, 7 August 1943, Page 6
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