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1926. . NEW ZEALAND

MAORI MODEL VILLAGES. COMMISSION TO INQUIRE AND REPORT UPON THE NECESSITY OR ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING MODEL VILLAGES ON THE SITES OF THE PRESENT VILLAGES OF OHINEMUTU AND WHAKAREWAREWA (REPORT OF).

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by Leave.

COMMISSION TO INQUIRE AND REPORT UPON THE NECESSITY OR ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING MODEL VILLAGES ON THE SITES OF THE PRESENT VILLAGES OF OHINEMUTU AND WHAKAREWAREWA. Charles Fergusson, Governor-General. By his Deputy, Charles Perrin Skerrett. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Charles John McKenzie, Esquire, of Wellington, Acting Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department; Reginald Bedford Hammond, Esquire, A.M.T.P.1., of Auckland, Town-planning Consultant; John Thomas Majr, Esquire, of Wellington, Government Architect; Dr. Peter Henry Buck, D.5.0., of Auckland, Director of Maori Hygiene; and Henry Taiporutu Mitchell, Esquire, of Rotorua, Licensed Surveyor: Greeting. Whereas it is expedient that inquiry should be made regarding the necessity or advisability of establishing model Maori villages at Ohinemutu and Whakarewarewa, and the erection and construction of suitable dwelling-houses and other buildings embodying therein distinctive characteristics of Maori art and architecture, and in harmony with the scenic attractions of such localities and their inhabitants and the requirements of convenience, public health, and hygiene ; or, in the alternative, the alteration, renovation, or remodelling of the existing villages, and the buildings therein, along lines that would achieve the same object, and the preparation of a suitable scheme or schemes and plans for giving effect to any recommendations in respect thereto, and an estimate of the cost of carrying any such schemes into effect: Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and

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