Story: Hotels and motels

More links and websites

• ‘Removing temptation: New Zealand’s alcohol restrictions, 1881–2005’

  Paul Christoffel’s 2006 PhD thesis on the effects of liquor laws, available at Victoria University of Wellington’s research archive.

• Temperance movement

  A NZ History website article on the history of the temperance movement in New Zealand.

• Tourism sector profiles

  Provides an overview of the accommodation sector and profiles of sub-groups (hotels, motels, holiday parks, backpackers etc.) based on surveys in 2001 and 2006.

More suggestions and sources

• Hargreaves, R. P. Barmaids, billiards, nobblers and rat-pits: pub life in goldrush Dunedin, 1861–65. Dunedin: Otago Heritage Books, 1992.
• Lawlor, Pat. Old Wellington hotels: some history, personalities and anecdotes. Wellington: Millwood Press, 1974.
• McClure, Margaret. The wonder country: making New Zealand tourism. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004.
• McNeish, James, Tavern in the town. Rev. ed. Wellington: Reed, 1984.
• Rae, Andrew. Inn the beginning. Whāngārei: Northland Branch, New Zealand Hotel Association, 1975.
• Tod, Frank. Pubs galore: history of Dunedin hotels, 1848–1984. Dunedin: Historical Publications, 1984.