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… The Liberal era The watershed election of 1890 put the Liberals, who were to become New Zealand’s first ‘modern’ … Liberal to Labour …
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Part of story: History
… Depressions accelerated government involvement. The Liberal government, elected in 1890 during the long … of a National government, there was some cautious market liberalisation. The external diversification of the 1970s … the entire economy. However politicians were reluctant to liberalise because they saw markets as disrupting people’s …
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Part of story: Economic history
… From the late 1960s the vigour and energy of the women’s liberation movement inspired some women and frightened … and provincial centres over the next few years. Women’s liberationists saw women as an oppressed group and demanded … street protests, ran women’s workshops, and undertook pub liberations, where groups of women took over male-only bars; …
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Part of story: Women’s movement
… John McKenzie The 1890 election was a victory for the Liberals, who were supported by urban wage-earners, people … where the climate could not sustain intensive farming. The Liberals and Māori land A justification for the transfer of … The Liberals and land policy …
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Part of story: Land ownership
… Animal liberation In the 1970s a new movement – animal liberation – emerged in the wake of other liberation … (ALF), raided vivisection laboratories and battery farms to liberate the animals held there. Others, notably the Animal … Animal liberation and animal rights …
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Part of story: Animal welfare and rights
… exhibition. He flew the Chinese flag over the exhibit. Liberal boom The North Atlantic economies moved out of … high-quality foods New Zealand farmers produced. Under a Liberal government New Zealand went into a boom which lasted … Refrigeration, dairying and the Liberal boom …
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Part of story: Economic history
… Income tax and progressive rates The Liberal Party was in power from 1891 to 1912. It promised … with a land and income tax that fewer people would pay. The Liberals’ ordinary land tax and their graduated land tax for … Liberal Party taxes – 1890 to 1912 …
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Part of story: Taxes
… Trade liberalisation – 1980s and early 1990s …
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Part of story: Overseas trade policy
… Zealand’s first organised political party was formed – the Liberal Party. Its reforming government attracted support … Eastern Māori in 1887 and became an early supporter of the Liberal Party. In 1892 he became the first Māori Cabinet minister. When the Liberal Party promoted the sale of Māori land to settlers, …
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Part of story: Tōrangapū – Māori and political parties
… and the regulatory role of the state. The 1891 Liberal government The formation of the Liberal government in 1891 signalled the beginning of a more formal party system. The Liberals developed a network of branches and financial …
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Part of story: Political parties
… from 1890 onwards. The first party to be in government, the Liberal Party, won more than 50% of the votes – as well as … Two-round elections After 1906 the formerly monolithic Liberal Party looked somewhat shaky. The party had been in … in a scourge of surplus candidates all claiming to be Liberals of one type or another standing for election to …
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Part of story: Electoral systems
… purchase and redistribution From the early 1890s the new Liberal government took a more active role than previous … and dairy products. This made small farming viable, and the Liberals set out to put more farmers on the land. Setting up …
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Part of story: Government and agriculture
… moderate change at most and rejecting reactionary policies liberal – comfortable with change, valuing (qualified) … as circumstances have altered. Usually the conservative and liberal tendencies have been central and the populist and …
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Part of story: National Party
… gay is beautiful; gay is angry, gay is proud.’ The gay liberation movement rejected shame and secrecy, and embraced …
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… He also favoured the closer settlement policies of the Liberal government and was rather an odd ally of the big … should be made into a national park, criticised the Liberals for opening bush reserves for settlement, argued …
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… Jones, secretary of the branch, were critical of the Liberal government, which put them at odds with the union's national leaders who were strong Liberal supporters. At a meeting held in February 1898 to … and of trying to make the labour movement a slave to the Liberals. He also suggested that the premier did little for …
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… gold, and they faced prejudice and hardship. With more liberal immigration rules from 1987, new waves of Chinese …
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… In the second half of the century liquor laws became more liberal. In the early 2000s concern about alcohol abuse has …
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… National Party deputy leader Jim McLay, an urban economic liberal, replaced Muldoon following the disastrous 1984 … wing of the party, but caused a rift with conservatives and liberals. When National almost lost the 1993 election, …
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Part of story: National Party
… Gay liberation The 1970s were a watershed in the history of … in New Zealand. Following international trends, women's liberation groups (which included lesbian women) organised …
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Part of story: Lesbian lives