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THEORY IN RP..NGITIKEI COUNTY
L Thesis presented in p2rticll ful filnent of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Geography
at
Ec:ssey University
by
WARWICK ARTHUR BUCKY.l.AN
1972
/.CKNOl:TLEDGEUENTS
Uy thanks go to all those meobers of the public who
answere~ questionnaires and to all the private inJividuals end public servants who supplied infonnation on trade areas or contacts with the sruuple.
Th:mlc!> al so to I1alcolr.i Bell, Stuart Thom, Steve Britten and Richar' LeHeron for help with the interviewing, and Professor Thomson for allowinE then to do so; to llrs. {\.nne Stewart for her help in coding qucstionncire inforoation; to Richarc Sharpe for the conputer progrrunraing; to Tony Clay anrl Peter Crawford for reeding frafts; to Mr. 8.G.~. Saunders for his cor.Jnents on Cartography; to J';iss Yvonne Pearson for her cartosraphic skills an~ assistance; to Mrs. Helen Horsfall
for her typin3, and to !lr. Geoff Thomas for his supervisory comr.ients.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowl cclgements Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Chapter One Chapter Two
Chnpter Three
Chanter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Aeeendix
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Appendix B Appendix C .l\ppendix D Appendix E Bibliography
An Introduction to Shopping Studies of Aspects of Shopping and Settlement
An Investigation of Some Shopping Patterns : The Aren
Centrol Place Patterns Consumer Variables Conclusion
Functions nnd Functionnl Units in Rangitikei County
The Smnple
The 1uestionnaire
Use of the Closest Centre Statistical Formulae
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7
17
27 46 66
70 80 83
87 92 95
LIST OF Tl,3LES
I . The Occurrence of Functions and Functional
Units in ~angitikci County in 193e and 1968. 21 II, The Occurrence of Service and Community
Facilities in Rangitikei County in 1938 .:md 19613.
III. ~n Hierarchy of Central Places in Rangitikei County in 196".
l'T ~ 0
v.
VI.
Trade Area Populations in Rangitikei County in 196S.
Use of the Closest Centre Rangitikei County.
Use of the Closest Centre t,rr.iec Services and
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23
25 31
Non-Services Personnel in ~ongitikei County. 34 VIL 'Use of the Closest Centre : ftnnec Services and
Non-Services Personnel in Areos Two end Three. 34 VIII. Use of the Closest Centre : Results of Chi
Square Tests of Difference Among t.reas One, Two, Three. Four and Five an~ Six.
IX. Use of the Closest Centre: Results of Chi Souare Tests of Difference I3ett1ee!1 Vnrious Groupings of the Six Lreas.
X. Use of Centres Other than the Closest Rangitikei County.
XI. Correlation of the Use of the Closest Centre and the Type of Good, by Area.
XII.
XIII.
Age and Use of the Closest Centre Age and Use of the Closest Centre Pattern.
All Areas.
Areal
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37
40
43 48
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XIV. Length of Residence and Use of the Closest Centre Rongitikei County.
";0-f. Previous Residence and Use of the Closest
Centre Rangitikei County.
XVI. Use of the Closest Centre by Different Occupational Groups : Rangitikei County.
XVII. Use of the Closest Centre by Different
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Occupational Stctus Ranks: Rangitikei County. 59 XVIII. Use of Wnnganui and Polmerston North by
Consumers of Different Occupational Status
and Groups : Rangitikei County. 62
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LIST OF FIGURES
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1. Rc.neitikei County Locntion. 17
2. Rangitikei County Roading Pattern. 17 3. Rangitikei County Grocery Trnde Are2s. 18 4. Rangitikei County
. .
Local Paper Trade Areas. 18 5. J{~ngitikei County Lowest Order CentreTrade Areas. 19
6. Rnngitikei County Clothing B : i~ovement to
-r .. anganu1 . and Pnlmerston
North. 41
