MARAE IMPROVEMENTS SUBSIDISED

Te Ao Hou, Spring 1953, Page 20

MARAE IMPROVEMENTS SUBSIDISED Subsidies to tribal committees, under the M.S.E.A. Act, totalled £23,861 over the twelve months ended last March, according to the annual report of the Department of Maori Affairs. Among the projects subsidized were: a dining-hall at Waiohau (Mahurehure Tribal Committee, Waiariki, £1,130); rebuilding of a community centre and memorial dining-hall at Otuwhare, erection of a dining-hall at Maraenui and a memorial meeting-house at Omaio (Apanui Mutu Tribal Committee, Waiariki, altogether £2,575); new meeting-house at Waihi Pa, Tokaanu (Turamakina Tribal Committee, Aotea, £3,488); water supply and drainage scheme at Ratana (Ratana Trust Board, Aotea, £1,282); various marae improvements at Kaiwhaiki, Wanganui River (Kaiwhaiki Tribal Committee, Aotea, £1,064); meeting-house at Waiwhetu (Hutt Valley Tribal Committee, Ikaroa, £3,000); the Pare Hauraki meeting-house at Turangawaewae (Turangawaewae Tribal Committee, Waikato-Maniapoto, £1,500); art work in Hukarere chapel (Hikurangi North Tribal Committee, Tairawhiti, £1,595); completion of hall and dining-room at Rangiahua (Rangiahua Tribal Committee, Tokerau, £652). Some other subsidies for amounts under £1,000 were also paid out. Allocations to the Land Court Districts were: Waiariki, £7,421; Aotea, £6,330; Ikaroa, £4,500; Waikato-Maniapoto, £2,047; Tokerau, £1,968; Tairawhiti, £1,595. Subsidy funds were largely devoted to the improvement of maraes.