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Kōrero: Fires and fire services

Firefighters' protest

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Firefighters' protest

State-sector reforms from the 1980s led to protests from firefighters concerned about plans to reduce their numbers and alter working conditions. These firefighters confront Labour government MPs in a demonstration outside Parliament in Wellington.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Reference: Gavin Mclean, Fires & Firefighting. Wellington: Grantham House, 1992, p.101

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Nancy Swarbrick, Fires and fire services – Firefighters, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/21890/firefighters-protest (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 10 March 2010.