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Story: Veterans’ assistance

Herds out of a hat, 1953

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This clip from a 1953 newsreel shows a ballot by the Lands Settlement Board, formed to help Second World War veterans to settle on the land.

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 9. National Film Unit, 1953

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Mark Derby, Veterans’ assistance – Economic rehabilitation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/31969/herds-out-of-a-hat-1953 (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 14 March 2012.