THE UREWERA LANDS
SETTLEMENT NOT EASY.
Plans for the settlement of the land acquired' by the Government in tho Urewera Country do not proceed very rapidly. The Government has bought laud wherever the Native owners would sell it, and tho blocks that have been acquired are separated by areas of 'Maori land. The Minister of Lands suggested some time ago that the Natives should agroe to the concentration of their interests by tho exchange of land, so that tho remaining Maori areas might form a continuous block. But tho Natives nre not agreed regarding this suggestion, and further legislation may bo necessary before any definite arrangement can bo made.
The roading of tho Hrewera Country has to precede settlement, an<l plana for the roads are now being considered by the Departmental officers. The outlets arc expected to be north to Whakatano and east to Gifiborne. Tho provision of th« necessary roading is complicated by the remaining Maori blocks, which will have to bo traversed in mnny cases In order to give access to the lands ncquir- <•<! by the Government. This wi'U mean extra loading for the setters under present conditions.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 59, 3 December 1920, Page 8
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190THE UREWERA LANDS Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 59, 3 December 1920, Page 8
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