Story: Taxes
Page 10. All images & media
From page 1 - Taxation – 1840 to the 1880s
From page 2 - Liberal Party taxes – 1890 to 1912
From page 3 - War, depression and increased taxes – 1914 to 1935
From page 4 - First Labour government taxes – 1935 to 1949
From page 5 - Post-war taxation – 1950 to 1959
From page 6 - Gradual complication of the tax system – 1960 to 1984
From page 7 - Labour government reforms – 1984 to 1990
From page 8 - Tax, ideology and international comparisons
How to cite this page
Paul Goldsmith, Taxes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/50560/media (accessed 10 June 2026).
Story by Paul Goldsmith, published 27 October 2009, updated 2 September 2016.