Remains to be Seen traces the ashes of Joe Hill from their distribution in Chicago to wartime New Zealand. Drawing on previously unseen archival material, it examines the persecution of anarchists, socialists and Wobblies in New Zealand during the First World War. It also explores how intense censorship measures put in place by the National Coalition Government of William Massey and zealously enforced by New Zealand’s Solicitor-General, Sir John Salmond effectively silenced and suppressed the IWW in New Zealand.
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