INDIGENT MAORIS
INQUIRY INTO PLIGHT By lel egraph —Press Association WHAI7GAREI, January 30. The Hon. F. Langstone (Minister of Agriculture), who has been touring Northland during the past week is now in the extreme north, where he is investigating the position of the indigent settlement of Maoris at Te Hapua on Parengarenga Bay. Yesterday he inspected the Maori settlement at Ahipara, ten miles west of the Kaitaia area, under the consolidation scheme. It consists of 2264 acres, carrying 586 cows, 204 heifers, 31 bulls and 33 working horses. Good progress was reported, but one leader complained that young Maoris were being taken from the land in order to obtain the attractive wages offered on public works. He declared that they were spending their money on liquor instead of improving their lands, and suggested the cancellation of licenses in the district. Other speakers pleaded for the retention of the young men on the land.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20640, 1 February 1937, Page 4
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