Tadpoles and Others
HOPE it was not sheer unadulterated parochialism that led me to enjoy the Wellington Panel’s discussion, ‘Can
We Plan for Movements in Population?" so much more than the previous week's "Are We in Danger .of Becoming a Tadpole. State?" The Dunedin discussion, concefned mainly with the drift from country to town suffered from having familiar ground to cover and covéred it in predictable ways. And I must confess that one layer of my mind was occupied throughout wondering why a tadpole should be regarded as "economicelly lop-sided." ‘The second discussidti wes considerably less fatalistie about its little problem, dodging the question with every appéafance of practicality by bringing it down to the earth of Tawa Flat. A good time was had by all, the speakers, who were cheery and informal, the audience, who were givén one of two new and specific planning ideas to chew over. But I know very well what will happen. I shall listen to two more discussions without ever learning definite answers to any of these questions. But then, as the buck-passing chairman inveriably puts it, it’s over to me.
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 649, 7 December 1951, Page 26
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189Tadpoles and Others New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 649, 7 December 1951, Page 26
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