Tooth and Veil:
The Life and Times of the New Zealand Dental Nurse, Massey
University Press
, published by
Massey University Press.
The award was announced at
the Labour History Project AGM on Tuesday 20
July.
Named for the late historian Herbert Roth, the
award is presented annually to the work published in the
previous calendar year that best depicts the history of work
and resistance in New Zealand.
The award was judged
this year by Cybèle Locke, Claire-Louise McCurdy, Grace
Millar, and Ross Webb
‘On 29 March 1974, nurses from
all over the country marched on parliament and won a
substantial pay increase. This protest is at the centre of
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The Tema West Municipal Assembly has presented 180 dual desks to the Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service for onward distribution to public schools within the Municipality.
The Assembly through its Common Fund procured the desks to meet the increasing enrolment needs in public schools and to enhance quality education in basic schools.
Mrs Adwoa Amoako, Municipal Chief Executive, Tema West Municipal Assembly, speaking at a brief handing over ceremony said the desks, which had arrived timeously were meant among other things, to promote quality education.
She said the assembly recognised educational infrastructure as vital to improving academic excellence, as such it would continue to provide such infrastructure.
Tema West Municipal Education Directorate holds Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
The service also commemorated the first anniversary of the Tema West Education Directorate.
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols brought a more imaginative approach to worship and a definitive account of the biblical Christmas story with glorious selection of carols.
A unique feature of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, was the profound lessons, read in various languages including French, which provided a chronology of events leading to the birth of Christ.
Participants, including members of staff of the Education Directorate, teachers and students were serenaded by soothing carols from the Tema Senior High School (TEMASCO) choir.