The Great Depression in Aotearoa New Zealand

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The 1929 stock market crash in New York triggered off the Great Depression. This set covers the economic, social and political impact it had on Aotearoa NZ in the 1930s, such as the rise in unemployment, protests, soup kitchens, relief camps, the new Labour government and the introduction of the Social Security Act in 1938. SCIS no. 5415403

social_sciences, history

Image: No depression in New Zealand

No depression in New Zealand

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Rag Rug, with abstract design

Rag Rug, with abstract design

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Social Security Act passed

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

The Great Depression

Services to Schools

EPIC

Services to Schools

Great Depression

Services to Schools

Economic history: Inter-war years and the great depression

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

The New Zealand Legion - The New Zealand Legion

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Coalition government formed to combat Depression

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Forbes, George William

Forbes, George William

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Discrimination against Māori citizens

Discrimination against Māori citizens

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Examines the effectiveness and importance of the NUWN and NUU — two leading unemployment organisations during the early 1930s.

Isolation, Ideology and Impotence: Organizations for the Unemployed during the Great Depression, 1930-1935, by R. T. Robertson, p 149-164

The University of Auckland Library

Taxes: First Labour government taxes – 1935 to 1949

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

The 1930s Depression

Services to Schools

A report from the Evening Post 1932 on the riot that followed the demonstration in the streets of Wellington.

SEQUEL TO BIG DEMONSTRATION (Evening Post, 11 May 1932)

National Library of New Zealand