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Kōrero: Otago region

Prohibition in Ōamaru

Ōamaru voted to ban the sale of liquor in 1905. This advertisement by the New Zealand Alliance during the 1922 election campaign challenged the argument that temperance was bad for business and employment.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-ALCOHOL-Prohibition-1922-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Presbyterians and Scots, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/22657/prohibition-in-oamaru (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.