Thirty-three Māori Committees were operating in Auckland, offering services to assist new migrants to the city. Support included budgeting advice and advocacy on behalf of Māori people in their relations with Pākehā landlords or the authorities. In Ōtara, for instance, the local Māori Committee was, by the late 1960s, operating a budget service and leading a project to construct an urban marae in the suburb, as well as overseeing the work of up to 40 Māori Wardens.[i]