MAORI BOARD MEMBER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23378, 21 June 1939, Page 14

MAORI BOARD MEMBER

HAWERA HOSPITAL CONTROL APPOINTMENT WELCOMED [by telegkaph—owx coekespondent] 'NEW PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Probably the only' Maori in the Dominion to sit on a hospital board, Mr. M. It. Jones, was welcomed by the chairman of the Hawera Hospital Board, Mr. A. L. Campbell, when he attended his first meeting as the representative of the Hawera Boroug Council. . . „-> Reference "was made to assistance Air. Jones would be able to give in dealing with'the' Maori people, jlr. Campbell said that Mr. Jones was the first representative of the Maori race to appointed to the board during his association with it, and probably in tne board's history. The _ board had pcrienced anxiety at- times con^ r °.™| the Maori people, and he thought that Mr. Jones would be of considerable assistance. , . „ liK j "I do think something is r. ec l uir ™ to create a better understanding tween the pakeha and the P?°P J and I think that through a lot can be done," stated Mr. Jones. "Much was done to remove the antagonism that exists toward the pital by the calling of a meeting Maori chiefs at the hospital.