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    Ada Wells

    Ada Wells is remembered for her contribution to the women's suffrage campaign in the 1880s and 90s, and for becoming the first woman elected to the Christchurch City Council in 1917.

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Unemployed riots rock Queen Street

1932 Unemployed riots rock Queen Street

Hundreds of unemployed people rioted in Auckland's Queen Street for more than two hours. Trouble began after several hundred public servants marched to the Town Hall to protest against proposed wage cuts. more...

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Queen Street riot 1984Origins - The New Zealand Legion

External links

  • Impacts and memories of the 1930s depression (NZine)
  • The Depression of the Thirties (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • The Depression riots (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Jim Edwards biography (DNZB)
  • Our People Our Century (NZOnScreen)
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