Seminar Recommendations

Te Ao Hou, June 1964, Page 29

Seminar Recommendations In the last issue of ‘Te Ao Hou’ there was an account of the seminar on Maori social progress organised by the Council. A large part of the Rotorua meeting was taken up with discussions on the 49 recommendations that the seminar had sent on to the Council. These ranged over topics of education, vocational guidance, housing, research, migration to the cities and social problems of one sort and another. On many of these points the Council is now taking action to see if conditions for our people can be improved. The great need now is for support from the people, particularly financial support, without which all the work of the Council will come to a halt. As Sir Turi said, ‘We believe that the existence of the Council opens up new opportunities to our people to take control of their own destiny and we look to Maoris everywhere to support the Council in its efforts. If we have this support, there is no end to the good we can do for you and for our country.’ Photographed during the meeting at Whakarewarewa are (from left) Mr John Rangihau, district Maori welfare officer at Rotorua, who was acting as reporter; Mr J. M. Booth, secretary of the council; and Sir Turi Carroll, chairman of the council.