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NEW MINISTER The new Minister of Maori Affairs is the Hon. Duncan MacIntyre, who has been Minister of Lands, Minister of Forests, and Minister in charge of the Valuation Department. He was elected to Parliament as member for Hastings in 1960. He was born at Hastings and as a boy lived at Bridge Pa. When 10 years old, he was sent to Larchfield School in Scotland, and then went to Christ's College, Christchurch. From 1935 to 1939 he managed a station at Punakitere in the Hokianga County, and after the outbreak of World War II was commissioned in the New Zealand Army. In 1940 he was Adjutant of the 15th North Auckland Battalion. He served in the Middle East, Italy, and in Japan as a member of the New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment and was continued on page 14

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Te Ao Hou, 1970, Page 5

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NEW MINISTER Te Ao Hou, 1970, Page 5

NEW MINISTER Te Ao Hou, 1970, Page 5