PROGRESS BY STAGES One of the great differences between pakeha and Maori local body work lies in the way it is done. A county or borough lets a contract for a job, and gets it done all at once. A tribal executive or committee, calls on everybody to help in the work; materials are bought, and the work proceeds as men and materials become available. It is a slower method, but a very much cheaper one. If one sees the fine community buildings in sometimes quite small Maori communities one must reflect that such (Continued on page 56)
Some of the main carvings of Tamatekapua, famous meeting-house of Ruatahuna. First built in Te Kooti's days (1870), this meeting-house was renovated recently, but the old carvings have been kept. The opening of Raukawa meeting-house at Otaki (1936).
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Te Ao Hou, Spring 1952, Page 24
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136PROGRESS BY STAGES Te Ao Hou, Spring 1952, Page 24
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