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Housing is Main Problem of Islanders in NZ
Unscrupulous landlords who allowed Islanders to crowd into small, old houses were respon sible for much of the trouble over Islanders’ health and housing problems in the Auckland area, said the Newmarket sanitary inspector (Mr. D. J. Lyons) on October 20.
Local bodies in New Zealand should have more control over the question of where Islanders live, he added.
Two Islands children had died from infectious diseases in over crowded conditions, said Mr. Lyons, who commended the Dominion Gov ernment’s move to restrict the entry of Pacific Islanders unless they have arranged for adequate accommodation.
There are 1,625 Islanders, includ ing 576 children, in the Auckland City area alone.
On October 25 the owner of a five-roomed Newmarket house, with a floor area of 900 sq. ft, was con victed and fined £l5 for permitting the building to be so overcrowded as to be dangerous to the health of its occupants. It was stated that six adult Rarotongans and eight children were living in the house. t There are now 118 Credit Unions with a total membership of 14,521 in Fiji. Savings total £50,085 and loans totalling £92,000 have been made.