/taxonomy/term/328/0 en /politics/labour-day <h2>Fighting for the eight-hour working day </h2> <div class="mini-pic-right"> <p> <a href="/?q=node/442"></a> </p> <p class="caption"> <a href="/?q=node/442">Samuel Parnell</a> </p> /politics/labour-day#comments Labour Day anniversaries holidays labour labour day samuel parnell work workers rights Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 441 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /politics/the-1951-waterfront-dispute <div class="mini-pic-right"> <p> <a href="/node/5267"></a> </p> <p class="caption"> <a href="/node/5267">Union march in Wellington</a> </p> 1951 waterfront dispute demonstrations labour protest strikes workers rights politics Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 3246 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /politics/black-tuesday/the-1912-waihi-strike <h2>The killing of Fred Evans </h2> <div class="mini-pic-right"> <p> <a href="/?q=node/1429"></a> </p> <p class="caption"> <a href="/?q=node/1429">Supporters of the strikers</a> </p> demonstrations fred evans labour police protest red feds The 1912 Waihi strike waihi workers rights Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 702 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /classroom/centennial/growth-of-nz-identity-1890-1980 <h2>The growth of New Zealand identity 1890&#8211;1980<br /></h2> <h3>Case study: the 1940 Centennial</h3> <h4>Related link on NZHistory.net.nz</h4> <p><a href="/node/51">The 1940 Centennial&#160;</a></p> <p class="intro">Topics include:</p> <ul> <li>the role of the Centennial Exhibition in Wellington as a symbol of progress and the ingenuity of the national spirit</li> <li>the centennial and the nation at play</li> <li>local commemorations&#160;</li> <li>the centennial and the Treaty of Waitangi.&#160;</li> </ul> <p class="intro"> Between 8 November 1939 and 4 May 1940 more than 2.6 million people visited the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in Wellington; this represents an average daily attendance of about 17,000 people. The government spent &#163;250,000 &#8211; more than $19 million in today&#39;s money &#8211; on the exhibition. </p> celebration centenary Centennial - growth of New Zealand identity exhibition labour playland rongotai sesquicentenary treaty of waitangi Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 799 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /media/photo/waihi-strike-supporters <img src="/files/images/waihi-001.mini.jpg" alt="Media file" /> /media/photo/waihi-strike-supporters#comments labour protest strikes The 1912 Waihi strike waihi photos Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 1429 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /culture/we-call-it-home/first-state-house <h2> A State House story </h2> <div class="mini-pic-right"> <p> <a href="/?q=node/132"></a> </p> <p class="caption"> <a href="/?q=node/132">Prime Minister Savage helps out at 12 Fife Lane</a> </p> housing labour michael joseph savage miramar State housing state housing Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 124 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /war/first-world-war/conscientious-objection/socialist-objection <h2>Socialist and labour opposition to conscription </h2> <h3>'Conscript wealth as well as men' </h3> <div class="mini-pic-right"> <a href="/node/1331"></a></p> <p class="caption"><a href="/node/1331">Peter Fraser</a></p> conscientious objection irish labour pacifism paddy webb socialism ww1 Conscientious objection Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 3138 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /culture/we-call-it-home/the-state-steps-in-and-out <h2> The State steps in (and out)</h2> <blockquote><p>&#39;I never feel sorry for myself. When you are on the breadline, you just get on and do it.&#39;</p> <p class="source">Val Wilson, 58-year old state tenant, Dixon Street Flats, Wellington, 1992</p> </p></blockquote> <div class="mini-pic-right"> <p><a href="/?q=node/139"></a></p> <p class="caption"><a href="/?q=node/139">Val Wilson outside Dixon Street Flats, Wellington</a></p> </div> <p> Val Wilson&#39;s words, to an <i>Evening Post</i> reporter, reveal both resignation and dogged resilience following news that the government&#39;s introduction of full market rents would see her pay nearly 300 percent more for her tiny, one-bedroom state flat. Even after a new accommodation supplement, Val was left with precious little to live on. But if strength of character was able to help people like Val come to terms with their new situation, it was not enough, as the rent rises came into effect, to prevent hundreds of others falling below the breadline into poverty.</p> flats housing labour market rents national State housing state housing Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 125 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /politics/the-1951-waterfront-dispute/countdown-to-confrontation <p> The Second World War saw an unprecedented expansion of government control over the lives of New Zealanders. Under the pragmatic leadership of Prime Minister Peter Fraser, the Labour government introduced military conscription, industrial manpowering and a comprehensive economic stabilisation system. It also established a Waterfront Control Commission (later the Waterfront Industry Commission) to run the wharves, which were vital to the war effort. </p> 1951 waterfront dispute demonstrations labour protest strikes workers rights Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 5263 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /culture/1981-springbok-tour/1973-springbok-tour <h2> Stopping the 1973 tour </h2> <p> <!--images--></p> <div class="content-right"> <div class="mini-pic"> <p> <a href="/?q=node/2303"></p> 1981 Springbok tour demonstrations labour norman kirk police protest rugby south africa sport springboks Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 2294 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz