Perspectives on land
Abstract
This project was inspired by a Winter Forum at Darfield run by the Ministers'
Association in 1987. The exercise was undertaken at the depth of the drought in Canterbury. It was an
attempt to understand the full implications of a sudden political change towards rural
New Zealand. It was believed that with knowledge comes power. It was hoped that
decisions could be made from such a grasp of the current situation, that bank
policies could be changed and bankruptcies prevented. New Zealand is at a critical point in her short history. Suddenly the old recipes that
used to work do not work any longer.... [Show full abstract]
Keywords
New Zealand identity; rural New Zealand; landFields of Research
220303 Environmental Philosophy; 210311 New Zealand HistoryDate
1990Type
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