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    Kitty Kain

    As commander of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), Kitty Kain was one of New Zealand's most senior women military leaders during the Second World War

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Social Security Act passed

1938 Social Security Act passed

The cornerstone of the first Labour government's 'cradle to the grave' welfare policies, this Act introduced revised pensions and extended the scope of benefits for families, invalids and the unemployed. more...

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Children and adolescents, 1930-1960Michael Joseph SavageMichael Joseph Savage

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  • Liberal to Labour (Te Ara)
  • Social Security: scope of 1938 legislation (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Labour Party (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Michael Joseph Savage biography (DNZB)
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