Wellington and Otaki, 16 November 1941-19 October 1942

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File 4

Content Summary:

Subjects include: performance by Wellington Repertory Company; social activities; bad weather at Otaki; arrangements at Otaki; poi dance; local Maoris; death of Turu, headman of Tainui village; tangi ceremonies; visiting local schools to test Maori children; Maori church service; Rev. Temuera; news of Pearl Harbour; 'New Zealand is being placed on a Full war footing.'; playing Euchre at home of Henare Taratoa; Christmas Day at Otaki; fall of Malaya; farewell party at Otaki; academic duties; call up of married men; lecturing on psychological principles of camouflage to army officers; making a shelter in underground garage; air raid precautions; ARP duties at college; survey of munitions factories, at request of DSIR, at Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch; earthquake, 24 June 1942 'my nice little bust of Socrates was decapitated'; DSIR proposal to run new section devoted to industrial psychology; army medical examination; wireless talks on clear thinking; second earthquake 'Socrates again decapitated'; transfer to Home Guard; giving psychological tests to girls entering the army; war cabinet approves establishment of Industrial Psychology Division of DSIR.

Includes: newspaper cuttings; drawings by the children. (171p.)

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