NEW RECORD FOR MAORI HOUSING?

Te Ao Hou, Summer 1954, Page 62

NEW RECORD FOR MAORI HOUSING? There are good prospects that in the present financial year the target of 500 new houses will be reached by the Housing Division of the Department of Maori Affairs. Between April 1 and November 30 of last year, the number of houses completed totalled 278 as against 221 for the same period in 1952. It is therefore not improbable that the previous financial year's achievement of 456 will be considerably exceeded this year. Apart from new houses, the Housing Division completed 222 other building works between April 1 and November 30, 1953; in addition there were, on the latter date, 230 new houses and 98 other jobs under construction. * * * * The Rev. Paki Tipene, of the Auckland diocese, was recently appointed an honorary Canon of the Cathedral Church of St. Mary, Auckland. There are now two Maori Canons in the Auckland diocese, the other being Canon Keretene (an uncle of N. P. Cherrington, the All Black), one in Waiapu (P. Kohere) and one in Wellington (P. Te Muera). * * * *