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Tommy Taylor
Tommy Taylor was one of the most colourful figures in the political life of his day. He spent his life campaigning for the prohibition of alcohol.
Tommy Taylor
Tommy Taylor, who spent his life campaigning for the prohibition of alcohol.
1922 - key events
A selection of key New Zealand events from 1922
Leonard Isitt
Prominent temperance leader Reverend Leonard Monk Isitt, 1911
Prohibition vote 1911-87
Graph showing the changing prohibition vote at national elections from 1911-1987.
Prohibition vote by soldiers cartoon
This 1919 cartoon  refers to the prohibition vote being decided by the New Zealand soldiers still overseas at the end of the First World War.
Band of Hope no-alcohol pledge card
The Blenheim Blue Ribbon Branch Band of Hope Temperance Society's abstinence pledge card from 1888.
Anti-prohibition postcard
1914 postcard showing NZ being destroyed by prohibitionists
Maori abstinence pledge card
A pledge in te reo not to drink alcohol, and a membership badge produced by the Fellowship of St Matthew
Anti-prohibition poster
This pro-continuance poster, from the 1920s, shows refers to a claim by two British MPs that prohibition in the USA was not working.
Snaring a sly-grogger cartoon
This cartoon from Truth refers to the huge expense that would be incurred trying to track down illegal alcohol manufacturers in remoter areas of New Zealand.
Advertising on Churches cartoon
This cartoon from Truth illustrates the concern among some parishioners about churches being used to hang prohibition placards on.
Rechabites poster from 1913
This Independent Order of Rachebites poster-calendar from 1913 includes portraits of temperance leaders W. A. Platt and W. Johnson.
Masterton no-license poster
Pro-temperance poster urging Masterton citizens to keep pubs closed in the 1911 vote.
Pro-continuance kiwi poster
This pro-continuance poster from 1928 urges New Zealanders not to confine themselves to a life of alcohol prohibition.
Anti USA-prohibition poster
This pro-continuance poster urges New Zealanders not to follow the United States in banning alcohol and claims prohibition causes more harm than good.
NZ Alliance prohibition poster
This New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic poster from the 1920s urges voters to support the national prohibition of liquor. Although the twin 1919 referenda are often seen as the climax of the prohibition struggle in New Zealand, the issue remained hugely important into the 1920s. The prohibition cause fell only narrowly short of a majority in both 1922 and 1925.
Anti-alcohol cartoon from 1905
This Herbert Beecroft illustration from 1905 shows Zealandia holding the people's vote draining barrels of alcohol
Brewer rabbit cartoon
Trevor Lloyd cartoon showing a rabbit inside a beer barrel running into a 'continuance' hole, pursued by dogs representing the prohibitionist electorates
No alcohol license poster from 1911
This New Zealand Alliance poster was used in the prohibition campaign leading up to the national referendum in 1911.

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