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Item Unrealised plans : the New Zealand Company in the Manawatu, 1841-1844 : a research exercise presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Diploma in Social Sciences in History at Massey University(Massey University, 1988) Krivan, MarkThe New Zealand Company was formed in August 1839 following the amalgamation of two earlier colonising bodies. The Company was the instrument with which Edward Gibbon Wakefield hoped to give practical expression to his theories of colonisation, and it was representative of a Victorian trend toward colonisation by which the British ' ••• commercial classes and many of the British Ministers (worked) toward the expansion of British trade and shipping in the Far East.•1 Edward Gibbon Wakefield's theories of systematic colonisation and the activities of the New Zealand Company in New Zealand have been well documented and described in the literature.2 This essay is in the form of a regional case study, as it examines the Company's plans to open up the Manawatu and Horowhenua districts for European settlement by purchasing a vast tract of land from one Maori tribe with rights of landownership. [From Introduction]Item Essentially a woman's question : a study of maternity services in Palmerston North, 1915-1945 : a research exercise presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Batchelor [i.e. Bachelor] of Arts with Honours in History at Massey University(Massey University, 1987) Smith, GaynorItem A question of responsibility : the Palmerston North Hospital Board and charitable relief, 1925-1938 : a research essay presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with honours in History at Massey University(Massey University, 1985) Dalley, BronwynThis research essay is an examination of the distribution and administration of outdoor charitable relief by the Palmerston North Hospital Board over the period 1925 to 1938. The intention of this is to test certain comments made by historians concerning the administration of outdoor relief in the pre-Welfare State era in New Zealand. By examining relief administration in Palmerston North this study will add to out understanding of social welfare in a period that has not been investigated extensively. [From Introduction]Item Radio broadcasting in Palmerston North, 1924-1937 : a research exercise... Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History at Massey University(Massey University, 1980) Fleming, Philip JThe 1920s and 1930s were a period when many new developments were taking place in the field of leisure and entertainment, like the rise of the motor car and the emergence of the 'talking picture'. The introduction of radio broadcasting was, perhaps, one of the most important of these developments. New Zealanders took up the new medium with eagerness and from the plaything of a few enthusiastic amateurs, it developed into an integral part of community life. In 1921+-, for example, there were 2,830 radio licenses issued yet by 1934 there were 118,086 licenses current and by 1936 the total had risen to 192,265. This increased interest in radio reflected, to a considerable extent, improvements in the quality, coverage and organization of the Dominion's national radio stations. I would suggest, however, that the B class stations, small stations privately operated by groups of amateurs and radio dealers, played a vital role in introducing the new medium of radio to the community, a role which will be elucidated in the following pages. [From Introduction]
