Too Many Islanders
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Move to NZ
MIGRATION to New Zealand from the Dominion’s island territories i s becoming a problem.
I In July, the Mayor of Auckland asked the Island Territories De partment to deter Islanders from going to NZ to settle unless accom modation was available for them. - The Mayor (Mr. J. H. Luxford) said in a letter to the Minister (Mi’.
T. L. Macdonald) that most Islanders settled at Auckland, where there were now 1,560 in the City Council area. There should be close liaison between the department and the council on accommodation before permits to enter NZ were granted. ■ The Mayor’s action arose from a complaint by the housing inspector, who cited a case in which 18 Niue Islanders, including children, and two aged Europeans were living in five rooms and a kitchen. ■Earlier, while visiting Niue, the minister had urged the people to employ education for the improve ment of their own island rather than as an aid to migration to the ■ominion. ■Business interests at Nukualofa •e-formed a Tonga Chamber of pommerce in June. None had jxisted for some years.