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Kōrero: Strikes and labour disputes

Whārangi 11. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

  • 1951

    A documentary about the 1951 waterfront dispute, on the NZ On Screen website.

  • Centre for Labour, Employment, and Work.

    The Centre for Labour, Employment, and Work at Victoria University, Wellington, researches all areas of industrial and employment relations.

  • Labour History Project

    The Labour History Project, formed in 1987, records and celebrates the history of working people, working life and trade unions in New Zealand.

  • New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

    The CTU is the central organisation for trade unions in New Zealand, representing over 350,000 union members in more than 40 affiliated unions.

  • New Zealand at Work

    The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment provides support to employers and employees to create safe, fair and rewarding workplaces.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

  • Nolan, Melanie, ed. Revolution: the 1913 great strike in New Zealand. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press in association with the Trade Union History Project, 2006.

  • Olssen, Erik. The red feds: revolutionary industrial unionism and the New Zealand Federation of Labour 1908–14. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1988.

  • Richardson, Len. Coal, class & community: the united mineworkers of New Zealand, 1880–1960. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1995.

  • Roth, Bert, and Janny Hammond. Toil and trouble: the struggle for a better life in New Zealand. Auckland: Methuen New Zealand, 1981.

  • Roth, H. Trade unions in New Zealand past and present. Wellington: Reed Education, 1973.

  • Scott, Dick. 151 days: the great waterfront lockout and supporting strikes, February 15–July 15, 1951. Auckland: Reed, 2001.

Ki mua Whai muri: Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa Whai muri

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Strikes and labour disputes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/104815/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

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