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Public-sector accountants, New Zealand Railways

Zoom into these images of the chief accountant's branch at the headquarters of the Railways Department in Wellington. They show many aspects of accountancy work for this large public institution, including (1) statistical staff, (3) freight audit staff, (8) main office – expenditure accounts, superannuation and sick benefit fund accounts, and transportation statistics, and (10) goods revenue balancing staff.

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Philip Colquhoun, Accountancy – Accounting and accountants’ organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/24875/public-sector-accountants-new-zealand-railways (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Philip Colquhoun, published 8 December 2009.