Department of Māori Affairs published the first, and perhaps only, national directory of social services. The directory was considered incomplete but still included the details of some 360 voluntary organisations, as well as hospital boards and most government departments with a welfare brief.[i]go to footnote
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[i] go to main content Margaret Tennant, The Fabric of Welfare: Voluntary Organisations, Government, and Welfare in New Zealand, 1840–2005, 2007, p. 179.