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Kōrero: Mail and couriers

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Beginning of the postal system, 1810s–1850s

Letter from Thomas Buddle, 1845

Letter from Thomas Buddle, 1845

First New Zealand post office

First New Zealand post office

‘The post hasn’t arrived!’

‘The post hasn’t arrived!’

Wellington-to-Auckland mail run

Wellington-to-Auckland mail run

First postage stamp

First postage stamp

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Mail in the steam era, 1850s–1890s

The White Swan

The White Swan

Mail coach

Number of letters carried, 1844–2005

Number of letters carried, 1844–2005

Mail by rail

Unusual letterboxes

Unusual letterboxes

Masterton post office

Masterton post office (1 o 3)

Kaitāia post office

Kaitāia post office (2 o 3)

Central Auckland post office

Central Auckland post office (3 o 3)

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Mail in the 20th century

Mail by truck

Rural delivery mail

Rural delivery mail

Reading the airmail

Reading the airmail

Sorting mail in a railway carriage, 1930s

Sorting mail in a railway carriage, 1930s (1 o 4)

Sorting mail by hand, 1970s

Sorting mail by hand, 1970s (2 o 4)

Mechanised mail sorting, 1980s

Mechanised mail sorting, 1980s (3 o 4)

Mail-sorting machine

Mail-sorting machine (4 o 4)

New Zealand posties over time

New Zealand posties over time

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Technology and change, 1980s–2000s

Breaking up the Post Office

Breaking up the Post Office

Closing Waipū

PostShop interior

PostShop interior

Pete’s Post first day cover

Pete’s Post first day cover

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Couriers

Couriers in the 1960s

Couriers in the 1960s

Cycle couriers

Track-and-trace courier service

Track-and-trace courier service

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Tim Shoebridge, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/mail-and-couriers/media (accessed 27 September 2023)

He kōrero nā Tim Shoebridge, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010