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… quotations articulate the aims and achievements of the 1930s generation: ‘We are hungry for the words that shall … released – or tapped – a spring.’ 3 A new generation The 1930s saw the emergence of younger writers and artists who … the start of a genuinely national culture. From the 1930s to the 1960s this cultural nationalism found …
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Part of story: Arts and the nation
… in the Waikato district and took up dairy farming. The late 1930s also saw a shift to the towns, where Indians worked in … 1920s–1930s …
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Part of story: Indians
… to a public debate over unemployment. Overseas examples The 1930s depression brought economists further into public … ideas Economists were not the only sources of advice in the 1930s. The government had plenty of suggestions to ‘cut the … in the world economy. Depression’s legacy During the 1930s the government shrewdly chose from different kinds of …
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Part of story: Economic thought
… During the 1930s the first expressions of the new modernist or … Modernism, 1930 to 1970 …
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Part of story: Public, commercial and church architecture
… by the government, which regulated freight from the 1930s to the mid-1980s. The booming road transport sector … rail system was protected from competition. In 1930 rail carried just under 8 million tonnes of freight. Rail’s freight load fell during the 1930s economic depression, but reached 10.5 million tonnes …
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Part of story: Freight and warehousing
… rest of New Zealand, the economic depression of the early 1930s halted growth in Bay of Plenty. The dairy trade was … poor soils of the Volcanic Plateau. Through the 1920s and 1930s the plateau had been planted in pines. One reason was … Depression and recovery: 1930s to 1970s …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… the number increased from 13 to 52. Riding to school In the 1930s, Mavis Shaw had to ride her pony Toby 9 kilometres to … King Country in 1924, and more appeared in the 1920s and 1930s. School bus service Also in 1924, a school bus service … early 1900s, but they became more popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Rural adult education programmes began in Canterbury, …
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Part of story: Country schooling
… monopoly, remaining so for the next 25 years. Radio in the 1930s New Zealand in 1930 had 53,407 licensed radios, one radio for every 25 … The state takes over – the 1930s …
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Part of story: Radio
… Political criticism The 1930s gave rise to a body of left-wing criticism led by R. … radical end of a left-wing grouping that persisted from the 1930s to the 1960s. After that it fragmented into different … Critical approaches, 1930s to 1980s …
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Part of story: Criticism and the arts
… British dominion to issue a national currency, in the early 1930s. Old money Under the pre-decimal system, there were 12 … among other things, issue a single national currency. In 1930 the New Zealand government decided to establish a … A national currency, 1930s to 1960s …
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Part of story: Coins and banknotes
… in New Zealand and Pacific scholarship until at least the 1930s. … 1840s–1930s: the Aryan theory …
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Part of story: Ideas about Māori origins
… and one-pound notes all featured the bird. In the 1930s, when the Department of Health promoted eating fruit, … A kiwi country: 1930s–2000s …
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Part of story: Kiwi
… In the 1930s new publishers challenged Whitcombe’s dominance of New … Caxton Press A very different publisher appearing in the 1930s was the Caxton Press, a legend in the history of New … New publishers, 1930s and 1940s …
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Part of story: Publishing
… economy During the economic depression of the early 1930s, prices for New Zealand’s primary products plunged. … which bought 80% of the country’s exports in the early 1930s. Through talks at the empire economic conference in … Protection and development, 1930s–1950s …
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Part of story: Government and industrial development
… golden years for newspaper sports reporting were from the 1930s to the mid-1970s. In that time New Zealand produced … Newspaper reporting, 1930s to 2000s …
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Part of story: Sports reporting and commentating
… industry The New Zealand flax industry was saved in the 1930s by the growth of manufacturing. There was a deliberate … Industry changes: 1930s–2000s …
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Part of story: Flax and flax working
… Amateur drama festivals were popular throughout the 1930s and 1940s. The British Drama League was set up in New … Celebrations and centenaries, 1930s to 1950s …
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Part of story: Arts festivals
… 1 Refugee researchers The Nazi persecutions of the 1930s brought a number of significant medical researchers to … Early days, 1890s to 1930s …
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Part of story: Medical research