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From humble beginnings in 1879 until the time it merged with the Waterside Workers' Union in 2003 to become the Maritime Union of New Zealand, the New Zealand Seamen's Union played an integral and essential role in this country's seafaring industry. Labour historian David Grant t ...
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Horse racing has a strong place in the culture of New Zealand. Today it employs more than 30,000 people. Social historian David Grant provides a 'richly entertaining' account which brings togther cartooning and horse-racing.
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David Grant explores the culture and significance in New Zealand of the gambling habit. His entertaining and richly illustrated book spans from the plethora of unregulated gambling and competitive activities in colonial days to Lotto, Instant Kiwi and the large-stake card games o ...
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A detailed account of the history of the New Zealand TAB compiled from there extensive archive.
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Established in 1936 by Wellington Methodist Minister Ormond Burton and his circuit steward the Christian Pacifist Society was open to adult communicant members of mainstream churches. The society has taken a stand against all war, at all times irrespctive of political developmen ...
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Ken Douglas was raised in a hardworking, tough-talking, union-focussed Wellington family and got into union politics as a very young working man. Hard-nosed, pragmatic and never scared of a scrap, he rose through the ranks, got deeper into left-wing ideology and activity with his ...
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The1951 waterfront lockout was, up until that time, the biggest blue, or industrial disruption, in New Zealand, and still holds attention today as a seminal event in New Zealand's industrial and political history.
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One of New Zealand's most extraordinary stories describes the courage of the conscientious objectors sent overseas during World War I, in a brutal attempt to force them to renounce their convictions and join the war effort.
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This is the story of the growth of Stock Exchange providing "gripping accounts of its central role in tumultuous episodes in New Zealand history, from the mining booms of the 1860s to the economic reforms and speculations in the 1980s.
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