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… breadwinner struggled financially. In the 1920s and early 1930s, 40–50% of all live births occurred within 12 months … rate and the size of families. Fertility dropped during the 1930s depression to less than 2.1 births per woman, and the …
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Part of story: Families: a history
… the values of new financial instruments. Since the 1930s the standard response to managing financial risk had … but successive governments had ignored it after the 1930s. Rogernomics Roger Douglas was minister of finance …
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Part of story: Economic thought
… domestic chores. There were, however, changes during the 1930s, notably a broadening of the curriculum and a greater … there are several waiting to begin training’. During the 1930s and 1940s Mere Hall had to deal with some major …
Type: Biography
… and hut openings until near the end of his life. In the 1930s A. P. Harper began to take on more public roles in … formation of the Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand in 1930, and served as its president (1933–34) and patron …
Type: Biography
… Ellesmere Rugby Sub-Union in 1906. In the 1920s and early 1930s he, his sons and various friends arduously climbed and … in the Springston cemetery beside his wife, who died in 1930. Frederick Hilgendorf was short and stocky – in his …
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… his contribution to economic debates. During the 1920s and 1930s Howard sat on the board of governors of Canterbury … to socialism in New Zealand was made between 1908 and about 1930, as an organiser of the unskilled, a journalist and …
Type: Biography
… that he was able to purchase a house on Bluff Hill, and in 1930 he engaged an architect, Louis Hay, to remodel it with … annum for many years. As the company prospered during the 1930s, Husheer became a local legend in Hawke's Bay. …
Type: Biography
… in particular, old-time dancing remained the norm. In the 1930s the fashion for the more extreme jazz dances ended, … the Greek dance inspired by Isadora Duncan in the 1920s and 1930s, it was most popular in some girls’ secondary schools. …
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Part of story: Dancing
… Bay whose interests he promoted at every opportunity. In 1930 his strong advocacy in Parliament of an inland rail … defeated by the Labour candidate, D. W. Coleman. During the 1930s he acted as legal counsel in several major cases. One …
Type: Biography
… Research and the Māori Purposes Fund Control Board. In 1930 he was involved in drawing up a Rātana petition to give … would benefit not only Māori but the country as a whole. In 1930 he accompanied Ngata to various Māori settlements in …
Type: Biography
… an overtly socialist message started to appear around the 1930s. Unions and other labour organisations commissioned … were an early precursor of the socialist murals of the 1930s. When the first hall was built in 1908 the façade was …
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Part of story: Public and street art
… Other rugby greats include George Nēpia in the 1920s and 1930s, and Wayne ‘Buck’ Shelford (who, as captain of the All … won gold in the fours and silver in the eights at the 1930 Empire Games, and was a member of the eight which …
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Part of story: Māori and sport – hākinakina
… the government and its Unemployment Board. In the early 1930s prices for wool, mutton and dairy products were … then fell as commodity prices improved in the later 1930s. …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… increased. No further progress on the claim was made. By 1930 Pītama had separated from his wife and was living with … rheumatism, he began to use a wheelchair. In early April 1930 his family believed they saw a portent of his death in …
Type: Biography
… hugely popular, and spectator support swelled. By the 1930s races for women were a regular part of the track … them until the 1960s. Amateur developments In the mid-1930s the newly formed New Zealand Amateur Cycling …
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Part of story: Cycle racing
… School (later the Girls' Receiving-home) from 1907 to 1930 and anaesthetist at the Dental School from 1921 to … of the New Zealand Medical Women's Association. In the 1930s she was the inspiration behind the work of the Otago …
Type: Biography
… but the venture struggled and finally collapsed in the 1930s depression. A more successful move was his takeover in … was one of Christchurch's leading industrialists in the 1930s and 1940s. Despite his business success, he remained a …
Type: Biography
… a conservation park. The era of social security During the 1930s economic depression the Salvation Army provided meals … housed for many months. Legislation introduced in the late 1930s by the first Labour government reduced the need for …
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Part of story: Salvation Army
… extramurally at Canterbury College; he took his BA in 1930, and his MA in 1931, with a thesis, ‘An experiment in … adult education’, supervised by Shelley. On 15 January 1930 Crawford Somerset and Gwen Alley were married in …
Type: Biography
… the North Island main trunk railway line. Suburban bust The 1930s economic depression burst the suburban housing bubble. … social bonding and community life. Housing Māori During the 1930s state housing assistance to Māori largely comprised …
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Part of story: Housing and government