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Kōrero: Seafarers

Seamen’s Union banner

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Seamen’s Union banner

The Federated Seamen’s Union was one of New Zealand’s most influential trade unions in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This banner, painted for the union’s centenary in 1979, depicts some of the technological changes in shipping during the previous century.

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Maritime Union of New Zealand

by Roger Ingerton

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Neill Atkinson, Seafarers – The seafaring workforce, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/5368/seamens-union-banner (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Neill Atkinson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.