A documentary on the History of the New Zealand Labour Movement.

  • 1A documentary on the Labour movement in the early 1900's. The beginnings of the 1913 "Great Strike" are described where violent clashes between union and non-union water side workers in Wellington erupted. The strike spread to include other unionists in sympathy with the strikers, including those at the Waihi Mine, and imprisonment of the strikers. The dispute lasted two months. Afterwards there were stories of victimisation of the strikers.

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 36 : 45
    • Duration 36 : 45
    Speakers
    • John A. Lee (Ex Member of Parliament, 1922)
    • voxpop
    • Fred Evans (Picket)
    • Harry Holland (Speaker)
    • George Brown (Speaker)
    • ]?] Young (Speaker)
    • Conrad Bollinger (Unionist and Historian)
    Contributors
    • The Wellington Orphan's Club (Singers)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • Yes
    Notes
    • Harry Holland, Special Correspondent, The Maori Land Worker. Later to become the first leader of the Labour Party.
Primary Title
  • The Price of your Cursed Wealth
Secondary Title
  • The History of the New Zealand Labour Movement.
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 10 December 1969
Duration
  • 36:45
Channel
  • 1YA - National Programme
Broadcaster
  • New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Station
  • 1YA
Owning Organisation
  • New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
  • A documentary on the History of the New Zealand Labour Movement.
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Radio
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
  • http://www.bartleby.com/71/0529.html The title of this documentary is from a poem / song that is a reworking of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Song of the Dead”, a 1893 tribute to the sailors sacrificed so the British Navy could rule the waves.
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • History
  • Politics
Hosts
  • Ian Johnstone (Narrator)
Contributors
  • Anthony Simpson (Producer)
Speakers
  • ]?] Young (Speaker)
  • Conrad Bollinger (Unionist and Historian)
  • Fred Evans (Picket)
  • George Brown (Speaker)
  • Harry Holland (Speaker)
  • John A. Lee (Ex Member of Parliament, 1922)
  • voxpop
Contributors
  • The Wellington Orphan's Club (Singers)
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