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Constitutional Changes in Maori Organisations A new Act called the Maori Welfare Act has been passed by Parliament, and revises and replaces the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act, 1945. Many of the Provisions of the latter Act have been repeated in the new one. In outlining the Bill to Parliament, the Minister of Maori Affairs, Mr Hanan, said it effected an important change in the constitution of what have hitherto been called Maori Tribal Committees and Maori Tribal Executives. Mr Hanan said the change was probably the final one in the evolutionary process through which these organisations have passed.

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Te Ao Hou, March 1963, Page 43

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Constitutional Changes in Maori Organisations Te Ao Hou, March 1963, Page 43

Constitutional Changes in Maori Organisations Te Ao Hou, March 1963, Page 43