Built by the Department of Maori Affairs, this home (belonging to Mr and Mrs R. Hotu) is typical of Maori housing in Hendon Street. See next page. ingness on the part of the community to receive the Maori in its midst. Employers acknowledge that many Maoris have proved that they are capable of undertaking types of work for which they were thought to be unsuited 12 years ago. At the same time many Maoris have shown that they are just as competent as the pakeha in home management, indicating to the earlier critics that generalisations about Maori behaviour are unjustified, if not dangerous. As a result of this changed attitude more Maoris are succeeding in making homes in the better suburbs of Auckland instead of being confined to depressed areas like Freeman's Bay. The “pepper-potting policy” of distributing indiivdual Maori homes among those of Europeans has been successfuly pursued by the Maori Affairs Department. Not only has it stimulated self-reliance among the Maori occupants but also it has impressed on pakeha neighbours that their pre-conceived ideas about Maori attitudes have not always been correct.

SUCCESS OF HOUSING SCHEMES Most of the Maori families settled in this way have been those who have shown that they are able to measure up to the required living standards in a predominantly pakeha community. From all accounts, 90 per cent of the Maori families in Auckland have successfully adapted themselves to their new situation. But it is still possible to pick a Maori home here and there among those of Europeans, by features other than the kumara or maize which grows in every well-kept Maori garden. In some of these cases of neglect there is no garden, the section is overgrown, and the paint has peeled off the houses. While these sort of homes are relatively fewer than they used to be they are still numerous enough to bring discredit on the people living in the locality. A more healthy sign in the process of Maori adjustment to life in Auckland is the number of complaints which the welfare officers receive from Maori householders about the behaviour of their own people. While complaints generally are fewer the fact that more Maoris are making them suggests that they are keenly alive to their responsibilities and determind that their good name will not be taken away from them by their own people who would cast a slur on the race. The sort of complaints received are about people who illtreat their homes, create a nuisance in the neighbourhood, or do not pay their way.

MAORI ADAPTABILITY It has been shown by a study of the relationship between Maori and pakeha residents in a community that the Maori does not have to imitate the pakeha to be a good citizen. On the contrary, he derives more respect by behaving like a good Maori. Pekeha neighbours have remarked on the fact that Maori families have their traditional ways which in no way conflict with those of the pakeha and in many cases engender interest and impart character to a settlement. Most of the conduct which gives rise to objections is not typical of Maori traditional life but has been inherited from the pakeha. The way the Maori has fitted into the Auckland community has exploded to some extent the argument that the Maori is a communal being. Rather has it emphasised that he is a highly adaptable person. While he is capable of leading an individualistic life he is also able to depart from it for a time and seek satisfaction in those communal institutions which are so much a part of his tradition. In order to lead a balanced and orderly life the city dweller needs ready access to the essential features of the two worlds in which he is required to live. One of the deficiencies in Auckland is an adequate community centre, or, preferably, more than one community centre, catering for all the Maoris and where Maori and pakeha can meet in a predominantly Maori environment.