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‘Kiwis care’ march

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Listen to Tania Harris (centre) and other participants talk about the ‘Kiwis care’ march down Queen Street in 1981. Two of the speakers highlight a widely held public perception that industrial unrest was caused by expatriate British unionists – often called 'Pommie stirrers'.

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Image: New Zealand Herald, 4 March 1981, p. 1

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Ben Schrader, Parades and protest marches – Protest marches, 1980s to 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/21117/kiwis-care-march (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 26 February 2010.