Town and Country Planning

Te Ao Hou, September 1963, Page 51

Town and Country Planning The last issue of ‘Te Ao Hou’ mentioned several matters which the Council is considering. One was the effect that the Town and Country Planning Act is having on rural housing for our people. At the moment we are waiting to see if there are to be any changes in this legislation, and if this should be so, we will be ready to put the Council's views forward for consideration by the Government Department concerned. As another line of approach to this question, at least one District Council is making a detailed examination of the possibility of building more homes in a Maori community several miles from town but still close enough for residents to go in to work each day. The Department of Maori Affairs has not been keen about such schemes in the past, but we would like to know how much support for such proposals there would be from people who need new homes but who are not willing to move all the way into town. If you think that it is a good idea to build new Maori settlements a few miles from town you should ask your local Maori Committee to pass a remit supporting rural housing settlements.