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Kōrero: Taxes

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Taxation – 1840 to the 1880s

Revenue stamps, Otago, 1894

Revenue stamps, Otago, 1894

Tax take

Sales docket

Julius Vogel as a kangaroo

Julius Vogel as a kangaroo

Harry Atkinson's property tax

Harry Atkinson's property tax

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Liberal Party taxes – 1890 to 1912

Government revenue, 1840–1890

Government revenue, 1840–1890

Breaking up the estates

Breaking up the estates

Top income tax rates

Top income tax rates

Dog tax rebellion

Dog tax rebellion

Mai i te whārangi 3 - War, depression and increased taxes – 1914 to 1935

War tax

War tax (1 o 2)

Anti-prohibition poster, 1919

Anti-prohibition poster, 1919 (2 o 2)

No plums

Depression workers

Depression workers

Motor taxation pamphlet

Motor taxation pamphlet

Greengrocers, 1920s

Greengrocers, 1920s

Mai i te whārangi 4 - First Labour government taxes – 1935 to 1949

Michael Joseph Savage

Michael Joseph Savage

Liberty loans

Walter Nash’s 1946 Budget

Walter Nash’s 1946 Budget

Women’s place in the sun

Women’s place in the sun

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Post-war taxation – 1950 to 1959

Heavier babies

Pay As You Earn pamphlet

Pay As You Earn pamphlet (1 o 2)

Pay As You Earn pamphlet

Pay As You Earn pamphlet (2 o 2)

Arnold Nordmeyer

Arnold Nordmeyer

Nordmeyer’s sin taxes

Nordmeyer’s sin taxes

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Gradual complication of the tax system – 1960 to 1984

EXPO 1970

Income tax as a proportion of total tax

Income tax as a proportion of total tax

Muldoon the sardine

Muldoon the sardine

Economic miracle

Economic miracle

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Labour government reforms – 1984 to 1990

Income tax over time

Income tax over time

Taxing fringe benefits

Taxing fringe benefits

Flat tax

Shopping with GST

Shopping with GST (1 o 2)

Shopping with GST

Shopping with GST (2 o 2)

Tax cuts, 2008 Budget

Tax cuts, 2008 Budget

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Tax, ideology and international comparisons

Where taxes go

New Zealand’s tax burden

New Zealand’s tax burden

Te Tari Taake

Lord of the rings

Lord of the rings

Tax sources

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Paul Goldsmith, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/taxes/media (accessed 2 December 2023)

He kōrero nā Paul Goldsmith, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010, updated 2 Sep 2016