THE HUNN REPORT

Te Ao Hou, March 1961, Page 59

THE HUNN REPORT Mr J. K. Hunn [NPS photo] No departmental report of recent years has aroused so much immediate interest and attention as that of Mr J. K. Hunn, Deputy Chairman, Public Service Commission, and Acting Secretary for Maori Affairs. It covers most aspects of Maori life and contains some revolutionary proposals. 1. It points out the need for doubling and even trebling the Maori housing programme. 2. It shows that Maori representation at the university is only one eighth of what it should be. 3. It points out that there should be several thousand Maori apprentices rather than a few hundred only. 4. It makes strong arguments for a Maori land development programme of 50,000 acres a year rather than the present 10,000 acres. 5. It points out that the Maori crime rate is 3 ½ times the European rate. 6. It points out that intermarriage is integrating Maori and pakeha. 7. It shows that by the year 2000, the Maori population could number 700,000. 8. It proposes ways of overcoming the problem of multiple ownership of Maori land.