Great Depression Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===New Zealand=== {{Main|History of New Zealand#Great Depression}} [[Dominion of New Zealand|New Zealand]] was especially vulnerable to worldwide depression, as it relied almost entirely on agricultural exports to the United Kingdom for its economy. The drop in exports led to a lack of disposable income from the farmers, who were the mainstay of the local economy. Jobs disappeared and wages plummeted, leaving people desperate and charities unable to cope. Work relief schemes were the only government support available to the unemployed, the rate of which by the early 1930s was officially around 15%, but unofficially nearly twice that level (official figures excluded MΔori and women). In 1932, riots occurred among the unemployed in three of the country's main cities ([[Auckland]], [[Dunedin]], and [[Wellington]]). Many were arrested or injured through the tough official handling of these riots by police and volunteer "special constables".<ref>"[https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/whatson/exhibitions/sliceofheaven/exhibition/SocialWelfare/Pages/Greatdepression.aspx Social Welfare and The State: Great Depression] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307070443/http://tepapa.govt.nz/whatson/exhibitions/sliceofheaven/exhibition/socialwelfare/pages/greatdepression.aspx |date=March 7, 2016 }}", [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]].</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page