Cleaning the windows of the new home. No time was wasted in making the curtains. whakahou i to ratou whare kai a i karangatia he hui i tera tau hei rapu huarahi hei rongoa i o ratou mate. Otira i te uaua o te whakatikatika i nga taitara o nga whenua tuunga whare e kore e taea te rongoa wawe aua mate. Kei te haere tonu nga hui tohutohu. Inahoki kua tae te Apiha Toko i te ora me te tangata mahi kari ki te korero ki taua hunga mo nga mahi hanga whare a whakapaipai marae hoki kua whakaaritia nga mahi kari mo nga roro whare me te whakamatakitaki hoki i nga whare kei te hang-aia e te Tari Maori mo te hunga whai whakaaro a manawanui kia whiwhi ratou Kua karangarangatia he hui ma te hunga no ratou nga whenua kei runga nga whare i tutu ana a i tae te apiha whakatopu paanga ki aua hui. I whai hua aua hui motemea he tokomaha te hunga kua takoto a ratou tono ki te Tari Maori mo nga awhina hanga whare ka nui te whakama o nga pakeke mo to ratou ingoa kinotanga mo te porohe o ratou whare a kei te pakari o ratou whakaaro kia tutuki nga awhina hanga whare a te Tari Maori. I te taenga o Te Ao Hou ki Rereatukahia kua oti te ono o nga whare tekau ma rua. I te ngaro ke nga tane ki te mahi engari ko nga wahine i te kainga e mahi taonga ana hei whakapaipai i o ratou whare hou. Kua uru nga moenga me nga Department of Maori Affairs was called in to help. New Houses are Built This department was not a stranger to the community; it had assisted the local tribal committee in renovating their dining hall, and it had called a meeting the year before to discuss the community's problems, but then it was not possible to clear up the rather confused titles in the pa area and no applications for housing loans came forward. Now further meetings were held by the welfare officer and the horticulturist to create interest in new houses and surrounds and discussions were held with members of the tribal committee and the Maori women's welfare league. Lectures were given on home gardens, and fruit trees, and photos of new houses built by the department for other Maoris nearby were shown to the people. These photos also showed the work and enterprise put into the new homes by the Maoris themselves. After these preliminaries, there was a formal meeting with the Maori land owners of the pa at which a consolidation officer, the welfare officer, and the district ‘welfare officer attended. This meeting was a great success: no less than twelve Department of Maori Affairs was called in to help. New Houses are Built This department was not a stranger to the community; it had assisted the local tribal committee in renovating their dining hall, and it had called a meeting the year before to discuss the community's problems, but then it was not possible to clear up the rather confused titles in the pa area and no applications for housing loans came forward. Now further meetings were held by the welfare officer and the horticulturist to create interest in new houses and surrounds and discussions were held with members of the tribal committee and the Maori women's welfare league. Lectures were given on home gardens, and fruit trees, and photos of new houses built by the department for other Maoris nearby were shown to the people. These photos also showed the work and enterprise put into the new homes by the Maoris themselves. After these preliminaries, there was a formal meeting with the Maori land owners of the pa at which a consolidation officer, the welfare officer, and the district ‘welfare officer attended. This meeting was a great success: no less than twelve