Land Should Be Safeguarded

Te Ao Hou, Winter 1952, Page 41

Land Should Be Safeguarded These policy changes will not affect the public a great deal. The same facilities are available as before, and the same officers will be dealing with the loan applications. It is only the source of the money that is different. In the long run it will probably appear that diversified farming will go ahead faster with the full weight of the Board of Maori Affairs behind it. Much will depend, of course, on the success that individual croppers achieve in the next few years. Experience of the past teaches the virtues of extreme caution where cropping is concerned, and only suitable men and suitable land can be considered. In the meantime all those who have suitable holdings and feel genuinely anxious to grow crops on them should contact the department so that the scope of horticultural activities can be seen and facts are available on the amount of supervision that may be necessary. It is now in the hands of the Maori people themselves to see that small land holdings suitable for horticulture, are not lost to them and their descendants. Kumaras. Note that not only the rows are regular but also the diagonals, to allow of cultivation in all directions.