Kōrero: The New Zealanders

'The van of liberalism'

'The van of liberalism'

The Liberal reforms of the 1890s attracted international interest and signified the nation’s distinctive egalitarian ethos. In this cartoon by Ashley Hunter in the New Zealand publication Graphic, the Liberal leader Richard Seddon loads some of the reforming bills into the parliamentary train.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: New Zealand Graphic, 1898.

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Jock Phillips, 'The New Zealanders - Better Britons', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/1921/the-van-of-liberalism (accessed 13 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 May 2015