K10 Reports

The topic is my community, the district of Wimbledon/Herbertville with emphasis on the role of women in the paid work force. The method used was a survey sent out to every household in the district (excluding holiday homes). Detailed are some of the changes and concerns of the people still living in the area, and … Read more

The survey was taken over the Moa-Nui Dairy Co-operative supply area. The questionaire was sent to all Shareholding farmers and also to all Sharemilkers. 1039 farm owners and 260 sharemilkers received the questionaires. There was a 22 percent response. Actual numbers that responded were 226 owners and 57 sharemilkers. The reasons for undertaking the survey … Read more

There is today no country in which man has not acted either as an agent of destruction or creation, New Zealand is no exception. In the early 1840’s man once again started to influence the environment with the introduction of animals in to New Zealand. One predator that is causing a lot of concern today … Read more

I chose the subject as I believe it is an important issue for Farm Workers. Having personally experienced the purchasing of a house as a Farm Worker, I believe I am well acquainted with this subject . While living in employment provided housing (Tied Accommodation) a house might not seem important but the opportunity to … Read more

The wholesale changes to economic life in the past six years have affected the dairy industry as much as any other sector within New Zealand. Changes to: (a) Taxation ego Taxation of co-operative profits, (b) Commercial activity as seen in no longer having tied supplies (until the July 1990 regulations!) (c) Trying to define ownership … Read more

The district lies approximately 60 kms southeast of Hamilton, and encompasses three towns. Tirau, in the north (closest to Hamilton), Putaruru about 12 kms south of Tirau, and Tokoroa another 20 km south. Traffic volumes (see Table Traffic Volumes in South Waikato District) for the main state highways which traverse the district are very heavy. … Read more

The aim of the report is to provide an introduction to the factors which go to make up the landscape of Waipukurau township. The physical, visual, social and cultural aspects are introduced. The report is the result of a visual survey, research into physical and cultural factors and a telephone survey of the elderly care … Read more

Fundamentally this report is a study of Hunterville’s Whare Ora Maternity Hospital and its battle for survival over 40 years. Over that period the Wanganui Hospital Board, and latterly the Wanganui Area Health Board, were unrelenting in their efforts to close the tiny hospital down and their fervour to do so was only matched by … Read more

1987 project during Canterbury drought to understand political changes impacting rural NZ, aiming to influence bank policies and prevent farm bankruptcies.