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… in economic and political power after embracing economic liberalisation under leader Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s. … Economic Cooperation (APEC), a grouping with the goal of liberalising regional trade. New Zealand was an enthusiastic …
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Part of story: Asia and New Zealand
… Association. Waite described himself as an 'Advanced Liberal' in his youth, but his involvement in farming … for the Reform Party, and in 1925 he easily defeated the Liberal MP for Clutha, holding the seat until defeated by an …
Type: Biography
… rapidly again in the mid-1890s following the formation of a Liberal government in 1891 and a return to a more buoyant … of modern New Zealand. As secretary for education under the Liberals, Hogben introduced uniform salaries and a …
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Part of story: Public service
… issues among their demands. Some, like the Auckland Women’s Liberal League (formed in 1895), were linked with, or later … absorbed by, a political party. In the 1890s it was the Liberal Party that attracted women concerned with employment …
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Part of story: Women’s labour organisations
… ‘Thatcherite’ or ‘Reaganite’ – influenced by the economic-liberalisation policies pursued in the United Kingdom and … This approach overlapped with Treasury’s support for liberalisation. Between 1984 and 1986, Treasury officials … 1987 gave Treasury an opportunity to advance both economic liberalisation and the reform of government, but many Labour …
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Part of story: Treasury
… wanted to be right there in the front of the march.’ 3 Gay liberation The 1967 decriminalisation of homosexuality in … Zealand reformers. Meanwhile, in the United States, the gay liberation movement emerged after the Stonewall riots of gay … from US black civil rights and feminist activism, the gay liberation movement sought new freedoms for gay men and …
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Part of story: Gay men’s lives
… Kate Sheppard, their suffrage superintendent, welcomed liberal supporters who, like Maud, did not advocate total … abstinence. In 1890 a women's branch of the Canterbury Liberal Association was formed with Maud as its president. …
Type: Biography
… national politics, and he stood for the Lyttelton seat as a Liberal in 1908 and for Christchurch East as an independent Liberal in 1911, losing the 1911 election only on the second ballot. In 1914 he was nominated by the Liberals for Christchurch East and won easily when T. H. …
Type: Biography
… his affinity with Grey to strengthen his own claims to the Liberal leadership. Yet he was by no means always an … beyond the West Coast, and it knew little of him. When the Liberals took office in January 1891, Seddon was given the …
Type: Biography
… where the carcass was of no value. A golden egg? The Liberal Government was opposed to rabbit trapping as a …
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Part of story: Rabbits
… around 1.5 million hectares of land were purchased by the Liberal government. Land development It was not until the …
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Part of story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy
… Liberal reforms The formation of the Liberal Party government in 1891 began a period of social …
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Part of story: Visitors’ opinions about New Zealand
… of Social Credit ended in the 1970s when a more liberal leadership under Bruce Beetham came to power. League … the White Defence League, New Order and the European Liberation Front were established. Nationally, other groups …
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Part of story: Ethnic and religious intolerance
… (1887–99, 1902–5, and 1908–14). J. T. M. Hornsby , a Liberal, whose support lay in small towns, defeated him in … 's protective tariff in 1888. He was a strong critic of the Liberal reforming legislation of the 1890s. Although …
Type: Biography
… to New Zealand. Carter was greatly influenced by the 1848 Liberal risings in Europe, and was later to describe himself as a liberal reformer. He acted as secretary of the movement …
Type: Biography
… 1935 until 1944. Expressive of their particular brand of liberal Christianity, the periodical addressed major … Indecent Publications Tribunal. This established a fairly liberal standard: in the first year it judged James …
Type: Biography
… had governed from 1912 to 1928. United was a remnant of the Liberal Party, which had governed from 1891 to 1912. After … as prime minister in the new government. He intended to liberalise the economy. However, he made only limited …
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Part of story: National Party
… the head downwards'. To this end he promoted theological liberalism and donned the 'hairy garment of the modernist … strategist of the Churchmen's Union for the Advancement of Liberal Religious Thought (later the Modern Churchmen's …
Type: Biography
… 'modernism'. He fought many battles with rationalists and liberals in ensuing years, and maintained his causes in … Christian Movement, which increasingly advocated the liberalisation of theology. He nevertheless maintained a …
Type: Biography
… independents until the 1890s, when Māori aligned with the Liberal Party, which dominated Parliament. Māori Liberal MPs included James Carroll, Apirana Ngata and Peter …
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Part of story: Ngā māngai – Māori representation