‘The Commission of Inquiry into Housing released its report and recommendations. This was a wide-ranging inquiry and the Commission made 114 recommendations. These included that:
- Polynesians should be housed in very small, dispersed groups and that large concentrations should be avoided.
- A more systematic and more positive approach be adopted for welfare services for Polynesians, especially in mass state housing areas; and that the Māori and Island Affairs Department assume prime responsibility for arranging the housing of Māori living in sub-standard conditions in the Bay of Islands, introducing transportable housing if necessary.[i]
Footnotes
[i] go to main content Alex McKenzie, Social Assistance Chronology 1844–2022: A historical summary of social security benefits, war pensions, retirement pensions, taxation measures, family assistance, housing assistance, student support and labour market programmes (as at April 2022), Ministry of Social Development, pp. 102-103.