New Zealand Now
Index
Index
- Advertisements, 11– 12, 67
- Agnostics, 21, 22
- Aliens, 33
- America, N.Z. and, 31, 57, 78, 82, 117– 18
- Animals, care for, 85– 90, 106, 113
- Art, 37
- Auckland city, Wellington and, 43, 44, 45. 57; timber, 56, 57; people, 57– 9
- Auckland province, cows, 53– 4; Canterbury and, 66, 68
- Australians, New Zealanders and, 4, 6, 20, 29, 38, 82
- Baptists, 23
- Bell, Sir F. H. D., 32
- Betting, 87– 8
- Bible, widely read, 6, 11, 61, 72, 123; sworn by, 35; in schools, 68, 98
- Birth-rate, 19– 20
- Blenheim, 60, 91 Boer War, 116 Brethren, 23 Britain, N.Z. and, 29, 31, 32, 52, 53, 64, 116– 17; citizens of, 78
- British Israelites, 22
- Buller Gorge, 61– 2
- Bulletin, The, 38
- Burns, R., 42, 69, 81
- Burns, Dr T., 69
- Bush, adaptation of, 7, 15– 16, 65; influence of, 9, 47, ill; cleared, 15, 51, 53, 55– 6, 75– 6, 119; law in, 30; exotic, 115– 16
- Butler, S., 36n
- Butter, 54, 57, 102
- Canterbury, people, 4, 66– 8, 69, 111, 112; sheep, 15, 53, 63, 66, 76; Christchnrch and, 44; climate, 57, 65
- Cargill, Capt. W. W., 70
- Casualness, 7, 25– 6, 43– 4, 83
- Cheese, 54, 57, 102
- Chinese, 19, 89
- Christchurch, people, 43, 44, 45, 64– 5, 67, 73; Auckland and, 57; old buildings, 81
- Christian Scientists, 22
- Church of England, 23, 65, 68
- Cinema, 11, 71, 117
- Citizenship, 77– 81
- Civil service, see Public service
- Climate, 1, 5– 7, 14, 15, 24, 44, 109
- Clothes, 5, 6, 17, 43
- Clutha river, 70
- Coal, 18, 54, 57, 74, 112, 119
- Conferences, 31
- Cook Strait, 60, 110
- Coromandel Peninsula, 54, 61, 115
- Cows, farmers and, 2– 3, 9, 39, 46– 51, 57– 8, 60, 63, 66– 7, 75, 85, 100, 101; care for, 7– 8, 89– 90, 106; distribution of, 17, 46– 8, 53– 4, 56, 59, 68
- Cricket, 22, 23
- Dairy factories, 54
- Danes, 47, 78
- Death duties, 24
- Death-rate, 20, 23
- Democracy, 117, 119
- Dogs, 22, 87, 90, 92, 106
- Domesticity, 34– 5
- Dunedin, Otago and, 44; Auckland and, 57; people, 67, 68– 70; First Church at, 81
- Education, to-day, 20, 37, 69– 70, 89, 92– 3; early, 68, 95– 9
- Englishmen, as settlers, 1, 19, 47, 111; New Zealanders and, 3– 4, 6, 84– 5
- Environment, effects of, 1– 2, 14– 17, 28– 9, 115– 16, 118– 19
- Erosion, 16, 75
- Farmers, characteristics of, 7– 8, 10– 11, 39, 50– 2, 66– 7, 70– 3, 80, 85– 6, 99– 102, 106; environment and, 17, 46; proportion of, 20, 21, 100, 113– 14; and livestock, 88– 90; children of, 92– 3, 102; soldiers and, 112– 14
- Fishing, 22, 72
- Football, 22, 30, 42n, 71, 74
- France, 33, 119
- Franchise, 34, 37
- Freethinkers, 21
- Frenchmen, 19, 78
- Froude, J. A., 88
- Fruit, 57, 89, 110
- Gabriel's Gully, 97
- Gallaher, Dave, 22
- Germans, 19, 78
- Gold, miners, 17– 18, 30– 1; at Thames, 54, 55; in Auckland, 57; on West Coast, 62, 74; in Otago, 68, 70, 72, 73, 96– 7, 119
- Grafton bridge, 81
- Gum, kauri, 54, 55, 57
- Hamilton, 56– 7, 65
- Hawke's Bay, people, 4, 46, 84; sheep, 47, 51; climate, 57; towns, 91
- Health, 17, 37
- Holcroft, M. H., 111
- 'Home', 8
- Horses, farm, 8, 71, 72, 101; loved, 85– 8; race, 64, 87– 8
- Hospitality, 83– 5
- Houses, 16, 43– 4, 54, 79– 80
- Hydro-electricity, 18, 112
- Immigration, 29
- Income, 21
- Indians (Hindus), 19, 89, 112
- Invercargill, 72, 73
- Irishmen, as settlers, 1, 19, 47, 52, 94, 111; horses and, 85
- Jugo-Slavs, 19
- Land, for farms, 46, 100– 2, 112– 14; prices, 70– 1, no; tenure, 79– 80
- Law, 30, 102– 6, 110
- Lawrence, 96– 9
- Leisure, 39, 67
- Length of life, 17, 23
- Manawatu, 44, 46, 65, 91
- Mansfield, Katherine, 10
- Maori, 86, 115– 16
- Marlborough, 15, 44, 57, 63, 112
- Marriage, 17, 21, 34– 5
- Massey Agricultural College, 72
- Methodists, 23, 65
- Milk, 57, 61, 72, 102
- Motor cars, 117, 118
- Neighbours, 81– 5
- Nelson, 37, 44, 61, 63; peaceful, 43, 91
- Newspapers, advertisements in, 11– 12, 35, 67; influence of, 31– 2, 37; standard of, 64
- New Zealanders, characteristics of, 1, 2, 3– 6, 10– 11, 12– 13, 14, 26, 27– 40, 44– 5, 78– 90, 111, 114– 22; statistics on, 14– 26 passim
- New Zealand Official Year-Book, 18– 26, 123
- North Island, South Island and, 15, 28, 60, 61, 91, 109– 11; general, 41– 59
- Northland, 57, 59
- Norwegians, 47
- Occupations, 17, 20, 92– 3, 113
- Otago, people, 4, 66, 67, 68– 70, 73, 111; Dunedin and, 44; sheep, 53; climate, 57; gold, 68, 70, 73, 96– 7; University of, 69– 70
- Otago, Central, sheep in, 15; climate, 17, 61; fruit, 57; gold, 73; irrigation, 112
- Pacifists, 9, 121– 2
- Parliament, candidates for, 27, 34– 5, 39, 87, 102; appeals to, 45; public servants and, 93
- Petone, 42, 46
- Phar Lap, 22, 87
- Pigs, 7, 47, 56, 72, 75, 100
- Poetry, 38– 9, 111
- Politicians, 12, 34– 5, 50– 1, 74, 87, 90
- Politics, 93, 100, 110
- Population, 17, 111
- Presbyterians, 23, 68– 9
- Privilege, 9, 37, 58
- Public service, 93– 5, 97– 8
- Puritanism, 6, 34, 38, 68
- Races in New Zealand, 18– 19, 68
- Racing, horse, 9, 10, 68, 95; popularity of, 22, 30, 87– 8
- Radio, 32, 37, 70, 124
- Railways, 50, 51, 53, 56, 70, 73, 97
- Rainfall, 15, 16, 17, 60– 2, 63, 65, 110, 119
- Rationalists, 21, 22, 36
- Religion, zeal for, 6, 11, 35– 7, 68– 9, 71, 96, 98– 9; types of, 21– 2, 23, 64– 65
- Repatriation, 112– 14
- Roads, 16, 46, 73
- Roman Catholics, 23
- Ross, 62, 73– 4
- Rotary, 36, 58
- Salvation Army, 24
- Scandinavians, 19, 46– 7
- Scotsmen, as settlers, 1, 19, 47, 69– 73, 111
- Seriousness, 38, 40
- Seventh Day Adventists, 22
- Sheep, effects of, 9, 47, 50– 1, 63, 66– 8; distribution of, 15, 17, 46– 7, 49, 53– 4, 60– 1, 63; farming, 39, 76, 85, 89– 90, 100, 101, 106
- Snobbery, 66– 7
- Socialism, 37
- Soil, cultivated, 16, 46, 76– 7, 112– 13, 119; affects people, 17, 24, 28, 72
- Soldiers, 9, 38, 107– 8, 112– 14, 117
- Southern Alps, 60, 65
- South Island, mountainous, 14– 15; North Island and, 15, 28, 56, 91, 110– 12; general, 60– 74
- Southland, 70– 3
- Speech, English, 3, 38, 64; New Zealand, 3, 5, 38, 51, 71
- Sport, 22– 3, 29– 30
- Stapledon, Professor R. G., 28, 88
- Stenhouse, J., 95– 9
- Swedes, 47
- Syrians, 19
- Taihape, 51, 52
- Taranaki, cows, 2– 3, 47, 50, 54; towns, 91
- Taumarunui, 51
- Taupo, 54, 73
- Teachers, 95– 9
- Thames, 53, 54– 6, 62
- Timaru, 36n, 91
- Timber, 17, 54, 57, 74
- Totalisator, 9, 25
- Tourists, 7
- Towns, growth of, 90– 3
- Treasury, 24
- Tutira, 10, 124
- Waikato, 51, 54, 56, 65
- Wairarapa, 44, 46, 91
- War 1914-18, 38, 107, 112– 13, 114, 121
- War 1939-, New Zealanders in, 3, 9, 108, 119, 120– 2; effect on religion, 35– 6; animals in, 86– 7; repatriation after, 112, 114
- Wellington city, 7, 11, 60; people, 41– 6, 72, 95; Auckland and, 45, 57
- Wellington province, 53, 66, 68
- Welshmen, 19
- Westland, 17, 70; people, 62– 3, 67n., 71, 73– 4, 95
- Wheat, 9, 63, 64, 65, 68, 76, 100, 110
- Winds, prevalent, 5, 15, 41– 3, 47, 100, 101; effects of, 6– 7, 9, 17, 24, 28
- Wool, 60, 61, 63, 65
- Wrestling, 12