Q+SCHOLARSHIP+CATALYSTS


 * [|EXPLANATION OF SCHOLARSHIP]**
 * The following are examples of ideas generated for previous Scholarship Exams as part of our preparation.**


 * CATALYST ONE**
 * Your job is to write an article for a university journal in which you argue the case for the significance of the creation of a constitution in 1852 as a catalyst for significant political, social and economic change in the period up to 1900.**

There are those that would argue that the creation of the constitution in 1852 and the subsequent election which created democratic government in New Zealand in the first elections in 1854, was a catalyst for political, economic and social change that had a profound effect on both communities that made up the New Zealand of the day - Maori and Pakeha, during the remainder of the nineteenth century. It was the institution of settler government that increasingly marginalised Maori communities from the mainstream. Their laws and their wars, largely ignored the partnership that had been created by the Treaty of Waitangi. Economic activities were subsequently designed to promote and protect a Pakeha dominated range of economic activities. Furthermore as more Europeans entered the country, first with the Provincial schemes and later with the Vogel Scheme, the new society that evolved was becoming a dominantly Pakeha one with Maori largely living in separate communities. However it might well be possible to argue that other catalysts, by degree, were more important than this one - which would then need to be placed in a different context,.

How would you respond to this as a catalyst. Do you agree or disagree with it?

Ideally I would like you to create an argumentative response to this catalyst and to indicate FIVE items of evidence or events that support the notion and THREE items of evidence or events that oppose it.

Hand in to me on Tuesday Pd 5 during our session.


 * CATALYST TWO**
 * Your job is to write an article for a university journal in which you argue a case for the significance of the Vogel scheme in the 1870s as a catalyst for significant and sustained political, economic and social change in the period up to 1900.**

The Vogel Scheme was an innovative scheme for New Zealand coming as it did at a time immediately after a period of war in the North Island and of immense economic stimulation in the South Island. It demonstrated that in the context of New Zealand only Governments have the capability to borrow on such a scale for the purposes of creating an infrastructure. As such it certainly provided a stimulus for growth. Unfortunately debt had to be repaid and the Depression of the 1880s placed governments in a reactive mode. Ultimately New Zealand's economic fortunes did not recover until the 1890s so the social cost of the Vogel Scheme might suggest that its role as a catalyst was diminished by other influences. In a sense the true stimulus for changes to society were provided by the Liberals in the 1890s rather than by Vogel in the 1870s.

Ideally I would like you to create an argumentative response to this catalyst and to indicate FIVE items of evidence or events that support the notion and THREE items of evidence or events that oppose it.

Hand in to me on Tuesday Pd 5 during our session.


 * CATALYST THREE**
 * Your job is to write an article for a university journal in which you argue a case for the deliberate immigration of single women to New Zealand as a catalyst for social, economic and political change** **in the period up to 1900**

The proactive targeting of immigrant young women was a catalyst for change in New Zealand because socially the demographics of the country were imbalanced -not only numerically but also in the input that women can make within society. Economically it made sense to have men 'settled' with a good woman so that they could have more purpose in life. Politically the pressure that women brought to bear led to changes in the franchise as a recognition of the special role that women played in the colonial New Zealand environment.


 * CATALYST FOUR**
 * Your Job is to write an article for a university journal in which you argue a case for Maori resistance to change, as a catalyst for social, economic and political change in the period up to 1900.**

The actions of Pakeha government to instill change to Maori in the course of the 19th century was fiercely opposed by some Maori in a number of ways. The resistance offered by these Maori resulted in harsh consequences for both Maori and pakeha. A case can be argued that most forms of this resistance was a catalyst for social, economic and political change.


 * CATALYST FIVE**
 * Your task is to write an article for a university journal in which you argue a case for t****he swamping of the indigenous Maori population of New Zealand by an overwhelming influx of migrants as a catalyst for social, economic and political change in the period up to 1900**.

The immigration of foreigners, mostly European, to New Zealand was a result of both push and pull factors. The gold rushes and the wars saw many arrive in New Zealand searching for wealth and glory they had lost all hope for back home, while provincial, and later the Vogel scheme(s) saw many people brought to the country in order to build necessary infrastructure. This significant influx had the effect of marginalizing the Maori in what was once their country, leaving them on a weak footing Politicaly and Economically, as European attitudes in the two area became predominant. Socially, with their population dwindling, Maori culture was supressed and became subserviant to European tradition and customs. This swamping of the Maori, their culture and their beliefs is clear evidence of a Eurocentric favouritism in early New Zealand history .