NEW ZEALAND POPULATION REVIEW

New Zealand (Wellington)

1992 - VOLUME 18, NUMBERS 1 & 2
93.81.01 - English - Lucy MARSDEN, Librarian, Massey University, Palmerston
North (New Zealand)
Demographic Change and the Depression of the 1930s in New Zealand (p. 1-33)
The demographic effects of the Great Depression have been much
alluded to, but little explored by demographers or social
historians in New Zealand. The widespread assumption is that the
consequences were substantial: the statistical evidence suggests
they were not. Fertility, nuptiality and mortality patterns show
strong signs of continuity rather than of breaks or change, in New
Zealand as alsewhere. This in turn raises larger questions about
some assumed connections between demography and economics, and
about the nature and scale of the economic depression. (NEW
ZEALAND, ECONOMIC RECESSION)
93.81.02 - English - John D. GOULD, Department of Economic History, Victoria
University of Wellington, 22 Inga Road, Milford, Auckland 9 (New Zealand)
"Maori" in the Population Census, 1971-1991 (p. 35-67)
This article reviews the major changes in the concept "Maori" as
used in recent population censuses. The emphasis is on the effect
of these changes on the consistency and reliability of census data
relating to the Maori population, particularly in their role as
the generator of historical time series. The changes concerned are
considered against the backgrounds of New Zealand's evolving
population structure and the thinking of social scientists on race
and ethnicity. (NEW ZEALAND, INDIGENOUS POPULATION)
93.81.03 - English - Ian POOL, Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato,
Hamilton (New Zealand)
The New Zealand Family: Structural Changes in the Context of Shifts in Societal Values (p. 69-86)
The fertility decline in New Zealand during the last two decades
is explored in the light of experiences elsewhere, and of some of
the theories developed to explain them. Much in New Zealand fits
wider patterns, except for the special history of the Maori. Two
key issues are addressed: the importance of changing ideas and
social structural contexts, and the remarkable convergence and
concurrence of worldwide trends. Stress is laid upon the impact of
shared language and norms, and of the media to spread these. (NEW
ZEALAND, NATALITY)

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