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Kōrero: Taxes

Liberty loans

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Liberty loans

During the Second World War the government raised tax rates to help fund the war effort. The war was also funded from internal sources such as government reserves, and through raising loans. Posters such as this one, which was displayed for one week in the winter of 1943, appealed to New Zealanders’ patriotism.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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Paul Goldsmith, Taxes – First Labour government taxes – 1935 to 1949, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/21541/liberty-loans (accessed 4 June 2026).

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