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SPECIAL STUDY THREE 2003
NEW ZEALAND IN THE 1950'S
KEY TOPIC: THE ORIGINS OF THE MAORI WOMEN'S WELFARE LEAGUE.
MY HYPOTHESIS:
A KEY CATALYST IN THE FORMATION OF THE MAORI WOMEN'S WELFARE LEAGUE WAS THE URBANISATION OF MAORI AFTER WORLD WAR TWO.
QUESTIONS:
WHAT WERE THE KEY PROBLEMS AMONGST MAORI THAT PRECIPITATED THE FORMATION OF THE MAORI WOMEN'S WELFARE LEAGUE?
WHAT DID IT AIM TO ACHIEVE?
The Maori Women's Welfare League (MWWL) was formed in September 1951 at a conference in Wellington organised by Maori women from all regions of New Zealand.
The League was formed to promote the health and welfare of Maori families. The timing of its formation is significant, because while the league's aims encompassed all Maori, the health and welfare problems encountered by Maori were highlighted by post?World War Two urbanisation.
The urbanisation of the Maori started to gather pace after World War Two. In 1936, 11.2% of Maori lived in urban areas - in 1951 this figure had doubled to 22.9 %. The main reasons for this movement into the citi ...