Metge, Joan

4 subjects: Education of Maori children; New Zealand Maori Council, National Conference on recommended changes in Maori land legislation; data papers and conference agenda, Maori Students Federation, Hamilton, 1966; 3 papers relating to the Committee of Inquiry into laws affecting Maori land and powers of the Maori Land Court, 1965 (the Prichard-Waetford Report) including one by Hugh Kawharu.

Includes biographical notes, curriculum vitae, publications list, correspondence, clippings and speech notes re Professor Ralph Piddington (1906-1974), prepared by Dame Joan Metge in compiling her entry for Piddington in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Professor Ralph Piddington was the first Professor of Anthropology at the University of Auckland, appointed 1949. Associated materials: Metge's papers re modern Maori society at MSS & Archives 89/37.

1. 'Some modern Maoris - a review discussion', Anthropology Department, Auckland University College, ca.1953. 2. 'Maori society today - discussion course', Council of Adult Education, University of Auckland. Introductory paper and 10 numbered lectures, ca.1960.

Includes AGM minutes, correspondence, membership and financial records, newsletters, and conference papers 1975-1988.