A review of social research on rural New Zealand undertaken as part of the National Science Challenge (NSC 11) “Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities” allows a fresh look at rural development within the context of New Zealand's colonial history. The research suggests that government development programmes and legislation privileged those responsible for producing the bulk of New Zealand's export income. Cultural attitudes, structural inequalities and a failure to understand how the character of, and social relations in, rural areas have changed has impeded particularly Māori economic growth, the participation of women, and non‐farm sectors of rural society, to the detriment of all.

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过去和现在的社会科学文献对新西兰农村社区（不平等）发展的见解

作为国家科学挑战赛（NSC 11）“建设更美好的家园，城镇和城市”的一部分，对新西兰农村地区的社会研究进行了回顾，从而使人们可以在新西兰殖民历史的背景下重新审视农村发展。研究表明，政府的发展计划和立法赋予那些负责产生新西兰大部分出口收入的人以特权。文化态度，结构性不平等以及无法理解农村地区的特征和社会关系如何变化已特别阻碍了毛利人的经济增长，妇女以及农村社会的非农业部门的参与，这损害了所有人。