On 11 July 1877 Kate Edger (Evans) graduated with a BA in Latin and Mathematics from the University of New Zealand. She became the first woman in New Zealand to gain a university degree and the first woman in the British Empire to earn a BA
Temperance
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Temperance movement
Temperance was one of the most divisive social issues in late-19th and early-20th century New Zealand. Social reformers who argued that alcohol fuelled poverty, ill health, crime and immorality nearly achieved national prohibition in a series of hotly contested referendums. Read the full article
Page 1 - Temperance movement
Temperance was one of the most divisive social issues in late-19th and early-20th century New Zealand. Social reformers who argued that alcohol fuelled poverty, ill health, crime
Page 2 - Beginnings
Dawn of the New Zealand temperance movement,
Page 3 - The no-license era
The 'three-fifths majority' was a major hurdle for the temperance community, but they soon mobilised to campaign for people to vote for
Page 4 - Voting for prohibition
The First World War period brought total or partial prohibition to several countries: New Zealand came within a whisker of joining
Page 5 - The decline of prohibition
Alcohol remained an important issue after the war, and the prohibitionists slogged it out with the liquor trade throughout the 1920s.
Page 6 - Masterton under no-license
The November 1908 licensing poll saw Masterton electorate introduce ‘no-license' and vote itself ‘dry’. Its 15 pubs closed on 1 July 1909, and remained closed until the town voted
Biographies
William Fox headed New Zealand governments four times. A rug-puller rather than a bridge-builder, he was better at defeating governments than leading them.
Main image: Snaring a sly-grogger cartoon
This cartoon from Truth refers to the huge expense that would be incurred trying to track down illegal alcohol manufacturers in remoter areas of New Zealand.
