Kōrero: Regional economies

Regional development in politics

The Labour Party campaigned on imbalances in regional development in the 1972 general election. The campaign was directed particularly at the South Island. Strategies to promote regional development were put in place after Labour won the election. Critics argued that there was little regional variation in income and employment levels.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-C-NZ-LABOUR-1972-02

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Malcolm McKinnon, 'Regional economies - Regional economies, 1960 to 2000', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/25232/regional-development-in-politics (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010