✨ Government Policy Announcement
It is intended to introduce legislation to ensure for the State the control
of the currency and credit of New Zealand, so that the social and economic
welfare of the Dominion will be promoted and maintained.
My Ministers hope to improve the markets for the primary products of
the Dominion by the negotiation of complete reciprocal trade agreements with
His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and with other Governments
of the British Commonwealth.
HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
My Ministers are devoting careful attention to the question of land-
settlement and to the revision of the land laws of the Dominion, and legislation
in this connection will be laid before you in due course. The position of
those Crown tenants who are at present meeting with difficulty is also being
reviewed.
In view of the fundamental importance to the welfare of the Dominion of
an efficient transport system, the whole problem of the administration,
operation, and control of all forms of transport is at present being investigated,
and amendments to the legislation in this connection will be laid before you
for your consideration. My Advisers are also determined to raise the standard
of safety on the roads. It is the intention of my Government to place the
control of transport directly under a responsible Minister, and similar action
is proposed with respect to the railways.
Prior to the introduction of the necessary legislation, my Ministers have
already undertaken detailed inquiries with reference to defence, pensions,
local government, housing, national health insurance, dental hygiene, the
health of the Maori, the carriage of mails by air, and the protection of British
shipping.
In particular, a survey of the education system will be undertaken. The
readmission to the schools of children of five years of age has already been
arranged for; and the training colleges at Wellington and Dunedin have been
reopened. My Ministers intend to take such steps as are still necessary to
place a liberal and adequate education within the reach of all the young
people of the Dominion, in the country as well as in the cities.
I trust that you may be guided by Divine Providence in your consideration
of these matters for the well-being and happiness of the people of this
Dominion.
By Authority: G. H. LONEY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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Opening Statement of the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Parliament
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🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationParliament, Opening, Government Policy, Currency, Trade, Land Settlement, Transport, Defence, Pensions, Local Government, Housing, Health, Education
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