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Kingston Flyer and the TSS Earnslaw at the Kingston Quay. The Kingston Flyer was introduced in the late 1890s as New Zealand recovered from the Long Depression of the 1880s. . During the Long Depression, slow mixed trains that carried both passengers and freight had served the Kingston Branch and Waimea Plains Railway, daily in some years and only a few times per week in ot
1984 Air New Zealand strike, by Air New Zealand flight attendants. [6] 21st century. 2000s. 2006 Progressive Enterprises dispute; 2007 Spotless dispute; 2020s
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
In Pictures: Country’s biggest day of strike action for a decade. PA. February 1, 2023 at 11:50 AM. In the biggest mass strike in a decade, up to half a million workers were taking action in ...
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Rail transport in New Zealand is an integral part of New Zealand's transport network, with a nationwide network of 4,375.5 km (2,718.8 mi) of track linking most major cities in the North and South Islands, connected by inter-island rail and road ferries.
When reviews of all of New Zealand's branch railways were conducted in 1930 and 1952, the Kingston route was considered a mainline and therefore not assessed. After a railcar service was briefly considered in the 1930s, regular passenger services were cancelled, though seasonal excursions and holiday trains ran for another two decades.
Maritime strike [14] Ports around the country and Australia First nationwide strike 1908 Blackball strike [15] West Coast 1913–1914 The Great Strike [16] 14,000-16,000 on strike Started in Huntly coal mines and Wellington port Unionists against employers 1943 25 February Featherston prisoner of war protest and massacre 240 (49 killed, 70 wounded)