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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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DEFENCE, CIVIL

Civil defence is concerned with protecting the population from dangers arising from war conditions or natural disaster. Accordingly, its primary functions are to save life and to aid the homeless.

Co-creator
George Caird Row, B.COM., C.I.S. Civil Defence Officer, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington.