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Kōrero: Strikes and labour disputes

Arbitration on the West Coast, 1896

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Arbitration on the West Coast, 1896

Representatives of the Westport Coal Company (left) and the Denniston Miners’ Union (right) attend an arbitration meeting in Westport in 1896. The agreements they reached resulted in the first award to be registered under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1894.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S09-021c - E1053/6

Permission of the Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. Further information may be obtained from the Library through its website.

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Mark Derby, Strikes and labour disputes – The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20474/arbitration-on-the-west-coast-1896 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 13 May 2010, updated 1 March 2016.