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A critical analysis of the 1937 Physical Welfare and Recreation Act and of government involvement in recreation and sport, 1937-1957

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dc.contributor.author Buchanan, Hugh D
dc.date.accessioned 2011-09-19T23:05:44Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-30T22:06:30Z
dc.date.available 2011-09-19T23:05:44Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-30T22:06:30Z
dc.date.copyright 1978
dc.date.issued 1978
dc.identifier.uri https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/26331
dc.description.abstract This in-depth study of New Zealand's first experiment in Government assistance to recreation and sport is divided into eight chapters. Chapter One analyses the social and economic conditions in New Zealand at the time of the passing of the country's first Legislative Act relating to recreation and sport. Chapter Two outlines this Act, the 1937 Physical Welfare and Recreation Act, in detail, and provides contemporary comments and criticism from politicians, newspapers and the public generally. Chapter Three deals with the machinery set up to implement the 1937 Act,and describes the effects that this machinery had in facilitating greater opportunities for public participation in recreation. Chapter Four analyses the Government's recreation programme, specifically, that undertaken and promoted by the Physical Welfare Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs, between 1939-1957. Chapter Five deals with the financial assistance and funding of the programme by Government between 1937-57. Chapter Six summarises the 1948-49 Public Service Commission Committee Report on Physical Welfare and Recreation, and outlines the criticism of the programme and the Physical Welfare Branch apparent after 1949. Chapter Seven describes the eventual demise of the Physical Welfare Branch and suggests reasons for this demise. Chapter Eight summarises the period under study and includes discussion on the successes and failures of the recreation programme. en_NZ
dc.format pdf en_NZ
dc.language en_NZ
dc.language.iso en_NZ
dc.publisher Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
dc.title A critical analysis of the 1937 Physical Welfare and Recreation Act and of government involvement in recreation and sport, 1937-1957 en_NZ
dc.type Text en_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuw Awarded Research Masters Thesis en_NZ
thesis.degree.discipline Recreation Administration en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
thesis.degree.level Masters en_NZ


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