More Info →Health Inspectors' Report on Māori Housing at Kai Iwi Pā

Description

In 1958, the Health Inspector and Trainee Health Inspector of the Kairanga County Council conducted a survey of the housing conditions at the Kai Iwi Pā, a Marae and village of the Ngāti Kauwhata iwi, near Feilding.  They reported: “It is obvious conditions generally are bad – housing structures are poor and dilapidated; there is gross over-crowding; plumbing and draining almost entirely absent and water supplies inadequate.”  Welfare Officers from the Māori Affairs Department had attempted to improve conditions in the area, but in most instances the houses were still assessed as unsafe or unsanitary. 

Identification

Object type

Multi-Page Document

Archive

PNCC Archives

Relation

PNCC K3/4/9, Folder 4

Date

1958

Digitisation ID

2021Pa_PNCC3-4-9-F4_034678to_034696-0015

Format

Paper

Held In

PNCC Archives