Maoriland Worker
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The Maoriland Worker was a leading New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 labour journal of the early 20th century. It was initially published monthly.

It was launched in 1910 by the Shearers Union, and was soon taken over by the New Zealand Federation of Labour and became the official organ of the federation.

The journal ceased publication in 1960. At the time it was called the Standard, and was published weekly.

Timeline

  • 1913 - Contributors Edward Hunter (Billy Banjo) and Henry Edmund Holland charged with sedition.
  • 1913 - 1918 Harry Holland
    Harry Holland
    Henry Edmund Holland was a New Zealand politician and unionist. He was the first leader of the New Zealand Labour Party.-Early life:...

     appointed editor.
  • 1922 - John Glover was tried for blasphemous libel. New Zealand's only trial for blasphemy
    Blasphemy
    Blasphemy is irreverence towards religious or holy persons or things. Some countries have laws to punish blasphemy, while others have laws to give recourse to those who are offended by blasphemy...

    .
  • 1922 - The manager John Glover lent £100 interest free to Walter Nash
    Walter Nash
    Sir Walter Nash, GCMG, CH served as the 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960, and was also highly influential in his role as Minister of Finance...

    .
  • 1930s - Renamed to "the Standard".
  • 1960 - Ceased publication.
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