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Kōrero: Taxes

Anti-prohibition poster, 1919

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Anti-prohibition poster, 1919

Picturing a teetotaler pouring a cup of tea, this anti-prohibition poster points out the fact that making alcohol illegal would see the government lose £1,500,000 a year (around $134 million in 2008). Political lobby groups often use tax takes to illustrate their points, but they don’t often advocate the retention of taxes.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-E-ALCOHOL-Continuance-1919-01

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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Paul Goldsmith, Taxes – War, depression and increased taxes – 1914 to 1935, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/21535/anti-prohibition-poster-1919 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Goldsmith, i tāngia i te 27 October 2009, updated 2 September 2016.