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NEW ZEALAND occupies a unique and advantageous position for scientific work. Situated in the midst of the vast Pacific, she has splendid opportunities for the pursuit of the fascinating studies of oceanography and the meteorology and astronomy of the southern hemisphere. Innumerable problems in geography, geology, and physiography, of an entirely novel and supremely interesting kind, present themselves, not only in New Zealand itself, but also in the surrounding Pacific and further south in the mysteries of the Antarctic. In her flora and fauna and native races, in her varied mineral wealth, in her large reserves of water-power, both fluvial and tidal, there are endless opportunities for the man of science. In her political, social, and economic institutions she is bound to make valuable contributions to experimental sociology; and it is the experimental side that chiefly matters and stands most in need of encouragement in these days of nebulous theories and unsubstantial visions.
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The New Zealand Science Congress, 1919 . Nature 104, 516–518 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/104516a0
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