Administrative Action:

Te Ao Hou, Winter 1952, Page 43

Administrative Action: 1. Once the applicant has been interviewed, details of employment, income and title to the site have to be checked by the Administration staff. 2. The Building Supervisor prepares schedules of material quantities, plans and specifications and estimates the cost of the work. 3. When the land question is cleared up and the District Maori Land Board’ is satisfied that the application is otherwise in order it prepares its recommendation and submits the case to Wellington for consideration by the Board of Maori Affairs. 4. After notification of approval is received by the Registrar the applicant is written to and asked to signify his acceptance of the loan conditions. 5. Once this is done the mortgage and assignment documents are prepared and sent to the applicant for signature and the priority committee sets the priority of the case for construction. 6. When the time for commencement draws near a check estimate of costs is made and if prices have increased the applicant is notified accordingly, and an additional loan is sought. 7. Materials are ordered and as soon as labour is available the house is started, bearing in mind, of course, the priority given by the Committee. 8. It has been found that applicants often want alterations made to their selected design once the house is started. In this respect it has been decided that no radical alteration will be permitted once materials have been ordered, as it creates a considerable amount of extra work for an already overtaxed Field Staff.