"Wairoa in 1975 (More or Less Prophetical)"

Title"Wairoa in 1975 (More or Less Prophetical)"
Year for Search1925
AuthorsLambert, Thomas(1854-1944)
Secondary TitleThe Story of Old Wairoa and the East Coast District, North Island New Zealand or, Past, Present, and Future. A Record of Over Fifty Years' Progress
Pagination781-801
Date Published1925
PublisherCoulls Somerville Wilkie
Place PublishedDunedin, New Zealand
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Irish author, Male author
Annotation

Eutopia. A man awakes in 1975 from a long trance and discovers much technological improvement, prosperity, and general reform. Harnessing of rivers for power and electricity widely used in industry and transport. Includes illustrations of the outer and inner harbours, the Wairoa River harbour, the botanical gardens, and the Elysium in 1975. The Elysium was a fashionable suburb built on about 60 acres of reclaimed land. Much beautification had taken place. Maori lands had become the private property of Maori and were generally worked as market gardens. Maori College to train girls in domestic arts and nursing. Maori boys were taught agriculture, although even after graduation overseers ensured that they worked as expected and their earnings were set aside for them. Intermarriage and marriage to half castes prohibited.

Title Note

1859 1975 at the head of the title

Holding Institutions

ATL, VUW

Author Note

The author (1854-1944) was born in Ireland, where he trained as a doctor. He moved to Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1875, where he worked as a doctor, journalist, and writer and became a fluent Maori speaker.

Full Text

1925 Lambert, Thomas (1854-1944). “Wairoa in 1975 (More or Less Prophetical).” In his The Story of Old Wairoa and the East Coast District, North Island New Zealand or, Past, Present, and Future. A Record of Over Fifty Years’ Progress. [1859 1975 at the head of the title] (Dunedin, New Zealand: Coulls Somerville Wilkie, 1925), 781-801. ATL, VUW

Eutopia. A man awakes in 1975 from a long trance and discovers much technological improvement, prosperity, and general reform. Harnessing of rivers for power and electricity widely used in industry and transport. Includes illustrations of the outer and inner harbours, the Wairoa River harbour, the botanical gardens, and the Elysium in 1975. The Elysium was a fashionable suburb built on about 60 acres of reclaimed land. Much beautification had taken place. Maori lands had become the private property of Maori and were generally worked as market gardens. A Maori College was established to train girls in domestic arts and nursing. Maori boys were taught agriculture, although even after graduation overseers ensured that they worked as expected and their earnings were set aside for them. Intermarriage and marriage to half castes prohibited. The author was born in Ireland, where he trained as a doctor. He moved to Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1875, where he worked as a doctor, journalist, and writer and became a fluent Maori speaker.