14 ottob 1944 anni - Native Department Building Organisation - created

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Setting up the Department's own building organisation in 1944 improved the logistics of house building. The Department
decided to take over house construction from the P.W.D for two reasons. First, the Department believed that it had a sound understanding of the Maori community, and could better meet
their needs than could other state departments. Second, the P.W.D could not build houses at prices within the Department's 1943 loan limits. In August Mr. Muir from State Advances Corporation was seconded to the Native Department to inaugurate the Building Organisation, which once established had two major objectives; to erect, renovate and maintain houses under the auspices of 1935 and 1938 Acts; and to provide employment and trade training opportunities for Maori in the building and allied trades.

The Maori Land Boards were also integral in the Native Department Building Organisation

Source: Source: Krivan, M. (1990). The Department of Maori Affairs housing programme, 1935-1967. (Master of Arts dissertation, Massey University).

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