NATIVE SANITATION
“This is a matter of serious concern lo the Maori people,” said Mr. G. D. Tod. Nuhaka, when he raised at Saturday’s conference of R.S.A. delegates in Gisborne the question of training Maori servicemen as sanitary inspectors for native communities. Mr. Tod said that applications for trainees had been called, and that a large number had been received, about 40 bein ' required for eventual North Island appointments. The scheme apparently was based upon the subsidised training of the men under local bodies, but delays in placing the trainees had “knocked back” many of those in his district who had been keenly interested in the project. He suggested that in view of the importance of the scheme to the Maori people the Rehabilitation Department should be recommended to place the trainees upon the same footing as the other servicemen who took up specialised courses at the university and elsewhere, and who received bursaries to cover the whole period of their training. The conference agreed to send the suggestion forward through the Gisborne executive.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22079, 22 July 1946, Page 4
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174NATIVE SANITATION Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22079, 22 July 1946, Page 4
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