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… From 1890 to 1896 Buick was MHR for Wairau. He backed the Liberal government but regarded himself as one of the group … in 1891 he became organising secretary of the newly created Liberal Federation, and in 1893 was appointed a Liberal whip. His oratory was noted by his contemporaries, …
Type: Biography
… and forced its people to compare themselves with others. Liberal reformers The first event was the arrival of a reforming Liberal government in 1890. Their new laws in effect … unemployment, sweatshops and strikes appeared. The Liberals set out to restore the migrant dream. They broke up …
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Part of story: The New Zealanders
… and pond-keepers as an ornamental species. They were liberated into wild habitats such as Lake Taupō and Lake … ) were smuggled into New Zealand in the 1960s and liberated quite widely – illegally and to provide game for …
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Part of story: Coarse fish
… meanwhile been appointed a justice of the peace by the new Liberal government, stood again for Chalmers (previously … a historic no-confidence vote on 5 July 1912, when several Liberals crossed the floor to vote with the conservative …
Type: Biography
… politicians were believers in close settlement, but the Liberal government of 1891–1912 pursued this programme most … politicians James Carroll and Apirana Ngata. In 1900 the Liberal government passed the Maori Land Administration Act. …
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Part of story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation
… urban and rural conservatives against the new, radical Liberal government led by John Ballance . At the 1893 … his local electorate of Franklin but lost narrowly to the Liberals' Major Benjamin Harris. When several months later …
Type: Biography
… weavers, whose modest cottage was a rendezvous for liberal and radical politicians. George attended Hairshaw … a more progressive policy than that being pursued by the Liberals' leader, Richard Seddon . In 1905 Seddon was …
Type: Biography
… partner and with the backing of the short-lived Canterbury Liberal Reform Association. Andrews was no more 'liberal' than his opponents – indeed, not as 'advanced' as …
Type: Biography
… with children, were in paid work. Economic equality Women’s liberation groups called for economic equality. They focused … Act (passed in 1972) was well under way by the time women’s liberation groups were formed. The two wings of the women’s … of the traditional sort was of interest to many women’s liberation groups. Some, like the National Organisation for …
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Part of story: Women’s movement
… the country. Labour votes had kept the United (formerly Liberal) government in office since the 1928 election, but … such as Bob Semple. They included a minority of educated liberals, such as lawyer Rex Mason. Spending and saving …
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Part of story: Labour Party
… to abortion caused furious debate within the women’s liberation movement. Anti-abortion feminists formed a group, … Methodist and Presbyterian churches all took relatively liberal positions on abortion. This liberalisation was the source of ongoing dissension within …
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Part of story: Abortion
… Johanna Mary McGill. His uncle, Josiah Alfred Hanan , was a Liberal MP from 1899 to 1925, and minister of justice and … with imagination and humanity. As a law reformer and liberal thinker he showed remarkable political perspicacity. …
Type: Biography
… men. Sometime after 1897 McCombs joined the Progressive Liberal Association, a socialist pressure group. Here he met … That year he stood unsuccessfully as an independent Liberal for Christchurch East and in 1911 as a Liberal–Labour candidate for Avon. He was elected to the …
Type: Biography
… to the Legislative Council. Initially a strong supporter of Liberal legislation, which he regarded as suitably … career reflected the gradual alienation of labour from the Liberals. He believed that through the Court of Arbitration …
Type: Biography
… Thames seat in 1890. He held important portfolios in the Liberal governments of the 1890s. Liberal domination of the Thames electorate was based on …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… in 1969, has a network to assist recovering drug addicts. Liberalisation? During the 1990s there was agitation for … a community concern, and in a 2000 poll 56% wanted the law liberalised. However, 36% did not want change, and in 2001 … health effects, there seemed little immediate likelihood of liberalisation. The question of legalising the possession or …
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Part of story: Drugs
… had been established before the 1890s. After the Liberals came to power, South Canterbury (along with North … Government subdivisions in South Canterbury in the Liberal era included Pareora, Albury, Ashwick, Chamberlain …
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Part of story: South Canterbury region
… July 1889, and from then on was firmly identified with the Liberal cause. In his first years in Parliament Cadman seems … Nevertheless, Cadman represented important elements in the Liberal alliance. His business interests and local body … He had, therefore, much in common with the country Liberals' emphasis on building roads and bridges and …
Type: Biography
… made it very clear that he was above all else a classic liberal, ardently devoted to free trade and individualism. … enemy to attack: the 'socialist' tendencies of the new liberalism. Scobie ridiculed the policies of the new …
Type: Biography
… candidates for City of Dunedin. The local branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation of New Zealand endorsed the … with the arbitration system, and a feeling that the Liberals had ceased to advance workers' interests had begun …
Type: Biography