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Kōrero: Veterans’ assistance

'Civvy Street' – rehabilitated veterans, 1952

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This clip from a 1952 newsreel shows one of the more remarkable examples of post-Second World War veterans' rehabilitation. The eight Tapper brothers used their rehabilitation finance to set up a construction business together.

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 2. National Film Unit, 1952.

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Mark Derby, Veterans’ assistance – Economic rehabilitation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/31968/civvy-street-rehabilitated-veterans-1952 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 14 March 2012.