This paper describes the current labelling provisions concerning genetically modified food in New Zealand. It then examines in a detailed way whether these provisions sufficiently protect the consumers’ interest. To evaluate ...

This paper provides a critical analysis of the inclusion of labour chapters in trade agreements. It surveys basic labour rights and the justifications for linkage of trade and labour in the agreements. It then compares and ...

The idea of this project developed some years ago in the course of my regular employment as a research officer in the Labour Department. In making demographic studies and labour force analyses it was apparent that in ...

When the Labour government came to power in 1935 the Hon. Peter Fraser, as Minister of Education, set out on a radical policy of reorganising education in New Zealand. My aim in this thesis has been to show the origins of ...

New Zealand's first Labour Government is remembered for the thousands of state rental houses it built during its 1935-49 term. It also built thirteen medium and high density blocks of state rental flats during that period. ...

Since the 1930’s, New Zealand has seen a dramatic rise in psychological disorders such as paranoia, depression, anxiety, and addiction. People in general are often too caught up in their own lives to acknowledge what is ...

Voluntary activities feature prominently in the lives of New Zealand women. They encompass community, social service and leisure pursuits, and together account for a significant proportion of women's daily occupations. This ...

A recent publication edited by P.M. Hauser and L.F. Schnore provides a useful assessment of the direction and deficiencies of studies on urbanization to date P.M. Hauser and L.F Schnore, 1965. At the end of his introductory ...

Poihipi, Okaia, Tihoi, Waihora and Otake tephras were erupted from the Lake Taupo Volcanic Centre between c. 42 000 and 20 000 years B.P. Defined as rhyolitic tephra formations they are preserved in the Taupo district. ...

One of the great world movements of the last few centuries has been the colonisation of the New World by people of predominantly West European origin and tradition. Beginning in the sixteenth century waves of settlers ...