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Post office jobs

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Post office jobs

State institutions were huge employers in New Zealand until the late 1980s, when many were either privatised or downsized. This 1976 poster shows some of the many jobs, ranging from postwoman to manager, available within the state-owned Post Office at that time.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-POST-OFFICE-1976-02

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Paul Callister and Robert Didham, Workforce composition – Employers, employees and self-employed, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/22693/post-office-jobs (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Paul Callister and Robert Didham, published 14 April 2010.