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Haurongo: Andersen, Gordon Harold (Bill)

Extract from The hammer and the anvil

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In this excerpt from the 1979 documentary The hammer and the anvil, Bill Andersen talks about the evolution of New Zealand’s trade union movement towards the militancy of the 1970s.

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Reference: F6407 – The Hammer and the Anvil (1979). From material preserved and made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Courtesy of DFFB Productions, Gerd Pohlman and the Estate of Merata Mita.

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Cybèle Locke. 'Andersen, Gordon Harold (Bill)', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2019. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/47148/extract-from-the-hammer-and-the-anvil (accessed 25 June 2026).