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Kōrero: Mail and couriers

Number of letters carried, 1844–2005

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Apart from a short, sharp dip during the Second World War, the number of letters carried by the New Zealand postal service increased fairly steadily from its beginnings in the early 19th century. The slight drop since around 2000 is likely to reflect the growing use of email rather than post for sending personal messages.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: New Zealand Official Yearbook and New Zealand Post

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Tim Shoebridge, Mail and couriers – Mail in the steam era, 1850s–1890s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/graph/23047/number-of-letters-carried-1844-2005 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Tim Shoebridge, i tāngia i te 12 April 2010.