Watersiders at Westport struck on 29 October, followed by their Greymouth counterparts on 3 November. Coal mines around the Coast also went on strike. During November and early December the wharfies and coal miners had virtual control of the Grey Valley and Buller, including Wesport and Greymouth. The authorities did not enrol specials, realising these would be outnumbered by strike supporters.
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The 1913 Great Strike
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5 May 1898
Dog Tax War narrowly averted
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5 November 1913
Battle of Featherston Street
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10 April 1973
Labour government cancels Springbok rugby tour
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14 November 1973
DPB legislation introduced
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28 December 1929
'Black Saturday' - NZ police open fire in Apia
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25 July 1981
Anti-Springbok protesters prevent Hamilton match
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29 July 1981
Police baton anti-tour protesters near Parliament
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2 August 1983
Protest as USS Texas visits Auckland
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9 September 1976
Wanganui Computer legislation enacted
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12 September 1981
'Flour-bomb test' ends Springbok tour
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24 October 1913
Violence flares on Wellington wharves
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15 January 1970
Anti-Vietnam War protesters greet US Vice President
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25 May 1978
Bastion Point protesters evicted
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12 May 1971
Anti-Vietnam War protests in Queen Street, Auckland
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William Massey
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John A Lee
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Fred Evans
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Samuel Parnell
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Harry Holland
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Whina Cooper
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The 1913 Great Strike
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1947 Greymouth beer boycott
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Homosexual law reform
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The 1951 waterfront dispute
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Nuclear-free New Zealand
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1981 Springbok tour
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The 1912 Waihi strike
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