Kōrero: Media and politics

Illegal watersiders' bulletin, 1951

Illegal watersiders' bulletin, 1951

In 1951 waterfront workers were locked out by their employers for 151 days in a dispute over working conditions. The government responded by introducing emergency regulations, including strict control of all media coverage of the dispute. In order to give their own view of events the watersiders' union produced and distributed a series of illegal bulletins. The cartoon from one of the bulletins shows (from left to right) William 'Big Bill' Sullivan, the minister of labour; Ronald Algie, the minister of education and of broadcasting; and Prime Minister Sidney Holland.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: J-065-065
Cartoon by Jack Manson

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:

Kate McMillan, 'Media and politics - Democracy and freedom of the press', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/35743/illegal-watersiders-bulletin-1951 (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Kate McMillan, i tāngia i te 20 Jun 2012