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… and Cultural Relations A most significant factor is the changed demographic position of the Maori. Traditionally … the Maori society, does in fact – though his prestige is great throughout the entire country – exercise direct …
… and statesman. A new biography of Stout, Robert appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Robert … by Donald Reid. The abolition of the provinces soon became the great political issue of the day and Stout's return as …
… Overseas trade has always occupied a central position in the development of New Zealand. Indeed, settlement was … also important. It came at about the middle of the “Long Depression” (1870–95) when the price of wool, already at a …
… proprietor. A new biography of Ballance, John appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. John … and to enforce retrenchment until the economy of the depression-ridden country was placed on a sounder …
… early settler. A new biography of Busby, James appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. James … them to become “a rich and wise people like the people of Great Britain”. But the Maoris showed little disposition to …
… new biography of Guthrie-Smith, William Herbert appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. … £9,750, the amount for which it was mortgaged. The economic depression that was to last until the turn of the century …
… (1872–1940). Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party and Prime Minister of New … Labour Councils which showed in its deliberations a rather greater militancy than was the norm in that highly moderate …
… Prime Minister. A new biography of Vogel, Julius appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Julius … the scheme he outlined in one sentence: “We recognize that the great wants of the Colony are – public works, in the …
… Governor. A new biography of FitzRoy, Robert appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. … completed the survey of the Straits of Magellan, charted a great part of the coasts of South America and fixed the …
… In the early days of the New Zealand colony it was accepted … at Ottawa in 1932 as a Commonwealth response to world depression. The Imperial Conferences of 1923 and 1926 … position – the luxury of a small country with no great commitments. In the United Nations, in particular, her …