Kōrero: Labour Party

'Labour and the Maori elector'

'Labour and the Maori elector'

This 1949 Labour campaign pamphlet, written in Māori and English, is aimed at Māori voters. Depicted on the cover is Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hīroa), a medical doctor who had represented the Northern Māori electorate for the Liberal Party before the Labour Party was formed. This pamphlet quotes him as crediting Labour for 'the incredible strides made by the Maori people'.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-NZ-LABOUR-1964

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:

Peter Aimer, 'Labour Party - Māori and women in the Labour Party', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/34052/labour-and-the-maori-elector (accessed 20 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Peter Aimer, i tāngia i te 20 Jun 2012, updated 1 Jan 2023