The 1908 Blackball miners' strike was industrial action that happened when seven miners in the small town of Blackball, on New Zealand's West Coast, were dismissed for taking longer than their allocat
A drawing of miners confronting their manager during the strike
Truckers at work in the Blackball mine
Blackball Miners Strike Memorial
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The New Zealand Labour Party, also known simply as Labour, is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, whi
1908 Blackball miners' strike
…secretary. This signalled the rise of industrial unionism in New Zealand, with some of the leaders of the strike being involved in the formation of the New Zealand Labour Party in 1916. Political commentator Chris Trotter has challenged the narrative that the Blackball strike was the 'birth of the Labour party', which didn't…
Members of the Labour parliamentary caucus, 1922. Prominent members are Harry Holland (seated, left of centre), Peter Fraser (seated, right of centre) and Michael Joseph Savage (back row, rightmost).
Michael Joseph Savage, the first Prime Minister from the Labour Party
Members of the First Labour Government on the steps of the Parliamentary Library in Wellington, 1935
Leader Norman Kirk opening Labour's election campaign in 1966