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Kōrero: Women’s labour organisations

Continuing fight for equal pay

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In this 1987 news report women are seen gathered in front of Parliament to protest in song about the lack of equal pay. Activists estimated that nationally women doing similar work to men got (collectively) $825,000 per hour less.

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Megan Cook, Women’s labour organisations – Women’s organisations, 1950s–2020s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/26387/continuing-fight-for-equal-pay (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Megan Cook, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.