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John A. Lee

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John Alfred Alexander Lee (31 October 1891 – 13 June 1982) was a New Zealand politician and writer. [1]

72 relations: Alfred E. Allen, Arthur Myers, Auckland, Auckland East, Auckland Libraries, Auckland Rugby League, Auckland Star, Bank of New Zealand, Battle of Messines (1917), Bill Barnard, Bill Pearson (New Zealand writer), Boarding school, Bob Semple, Bolsheviks, Cabinet of New Zealand, Caucus, Clutha Mackenzie, Colin Scrimgeour, Conscription, Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand), Distinguished Conduct Medal, Dunedin, Elastoplast, Ernest Davis (brewer), Fred Bartram, Fred Hackett, Great Depression, Great North Road, Auckland, Grey Lynn (New Zealand electorate), Harry Atmore, Harry Scott Bennett, Horace Herring, Iain Sharp, James Donald (politician), John Fletcher (New Zealand politician), John Payne (politician), Juvenile delinquency, Keith Hay, King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, Landfall (journal), Mervyn Thompson, Michael Joseph Savage, Minister of Finance (New Zealand), New Zealand Army, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand general election, 1922, New Zealand general election, 1925, New Zealand general election, 1928, New Zealand general election, 1931, New Zealand general election, 1935, ..., New Zealand general election, 1943, New Zealand Labour Party, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Peter Fraser, Point Chevalier, Prime Minister of New Zealand, Raetihi, Rex Mason, Rotorua, Social credit, Socialism, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, State housing, The Evening Post (New Zealand), The New Zealand Herald, Truancy, United States, University of Otago, Vietnam War, Walter Nash, World War I, World War II. Expand index (22 more) »

Alfred E. Allen

Alfred Ernest "Alf" Allen (20 May 1912 – 9 March 1987) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

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Arthur Myers

Sir Arthur Mielziner Myers (19 May 1868 – 9 October 1926) was a New Zealand politician.

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Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Auckland East

Auckland East was a New Zealand electorate, situated in the east of Auckland.

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Auckland Libraries

Auckland Libraries is the public library system for the Auckland Region of New Zealand.

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Auckland Rugby League

The Auckland Rugby League (ARL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.

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Auckland Star

The Auckland Star was an evening daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 March 1870 to 16 August 1991.

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Bank of New Zealand

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) is one of New Zealand's big four banks and has been operating in the country since the first office was opened in Auckland in October 1861 followed shortly after by the first branch in Dunedin in December 1861.

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Battle of Messines (1917)

The Battle of Messines was conducted by the British Second Army (General Sir Herbert Plumer), on the Western Front near the village of Messines in West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War.

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Bill Barnard

William Edward "Bill" Barnard (29 January 1886 – 12 March 1958) was a New Zealand lawyer, politician and parliamentary speaker.

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Bill Pearson (New Zealand writer)

William Harrison "Bill" Pearson (18 January 1922 – 27 September 2002) was a New Zealand fiction writer, essayist and critic.

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Boarding school

A boarding school provides education for pupils who live on the premises, as opposed to a day school.

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Bob Semple

Robert Semple (21 October 1873 – 31 January 1955) was a union leader and later Minister of Public Works for the first Labour Government of New Zealand.

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Bolsheviks

The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists or Bolsheviki (p; derived from bol'shinstvo (большинство), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority"), were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903.

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Cabinet of New Zealand

The Cabinet of New Zealand (Te Rūnanga o te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa) is the New Zealand Government's body of senior ministers, responsible to the New Zealand Parliament.

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Caucus

A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement.

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Clutha Mackenzie

Sir Clutha Nantes Mackenzie (11 February 1895 – 30 March 1966) was a New Zealand politician and worker for the blind.

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Colin Scrimgeour

The Reverend Colin Graham Scrimgeour, known as Uncle Scrim or Scrim (30 January 1903 – 16 January 1987) was a New Zealand Methodist Minister and broadcaster.

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Conscription

Conscription, sometimes called the draft, is the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service.

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Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) was a left-wing political party in New Zealand in the 1940s.

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Distinguished Conduct Medal

The Distinguished Conduct Medal, post-nominal letters DCM, was established in 1854 by Queen Victoria as a decoration for gallantry in the field by other ranks of the British Army.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.

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Elastoplast

Elastoplast is a brand of adhesive bandages (also called sticking plasters) and medical dressings made by Beiersdorf.

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Ernest Davis (brewer)

Sir Ernest Hyam Davis (17 February 1872 – 16 September 1962) was a New Zealand businessman, and was Mayor of Auckland City, New Zealand from 1935 to 1941.

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Fred Bartram

Frederick Notley (Fred) Bartram (1869 – 21 December 1948) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Grey Lynn in Auckland.

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Fred Hackett

Frederick Hackett (1901 – 19 March 1963) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Great North Road, Auckland

Great North Road is a major thoroughfare in Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand.

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Grey Lynn (New Zealand electorate)

Grey Lynn is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, in the city of Auckland.

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Harry Atmore

Harry Atmore (14 December 1870 – 20 August 1946) was a New Zealand Independent Member of Parliament for Nelson in the South Island.

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Harry Scott Bennett

Harry Scott Bennett (1 June 1877 – 24 May 1959), originally Henry Gilbert Scott Bennett, was an Australian socialist speaker and organiser.

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Horace Herring

Horace Edgar Herring (1884–1962) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury.

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Iain Sharp

Iain Sharp (born 1953 in Glasgow) is a New Zealand poet and critic.

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James Donald (politician)

Sir James Bell Donald (13 October 1879 – 4 December 1971) was a United Party Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister in Auckland, New Zealand.

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John Fletcher (New Zealand politician)

John Shearer Fletcher (22 December 1888 – 15 February 1934) was a New Zealand member of the House of Representatives for in Auckland.

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John Payne (politician)

John Payne (23 November 1871 – 27 January 1942) was a New Zealand politician.

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Juvenile delinquency

Juvenile delinquency, also known as "juvenile offending", is participation in illegal behavior by minors (juveniles, i.e. individuals younger than the statutory age of majority).

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Keith Hay

Keith Wilson Hay (13 December 1917 – 2 January 1997) was a New Zealand homebuilder, entrepreneur, local body politician and conservative Christian political activist.

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King George V Silver Jubilee Medal

The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession of King George V.

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Landfall (journal)

Landfall is New Zealand's oldest extant literary magazine.

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Mervyn Thompson

Mervyn Garfield Thompson (1936–1992) was a prominent New Zealand playwright and theatre director.

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Michael Joseph Savage

Michael Joseph Savage (23 March 1872 – 27 March 1940) was an Australian-born New Zealand statesman who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand, heading the First Labour Government from 6 December 1935 until his death.

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Minister of Finance (New Zealand)

The Minister of Finance, originally known as Colonial Treasurer, is a senior figure within the Government of New Zealand and head of the New Zealand Treasury.

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New Zealand Army

The New Zealand Army (Ngāti Tūmatauenga, "Tribe of the God of War") is the land component of the New Zealand Defence Force and comprises around 4,500 Regular Force personnel, 2,000 Territorial Force personnel and 500 civilians.

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New Zealand Expeditionary Force

The New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) was the title of the military forces sent from New Zealand to fight alongside other British Empire and Dominion troops during World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945).

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New Zealand general election, 1922

The New Zealand general election of 1922 was held on Monday, 6 December in the Māori electorates, and on Tuesday, 7 December in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 21st session of the New Zealand Parliament.

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New Zealand general election, 1925

The New Zealand general election of 1925 was held 4 November (the Māori vote had taken place the previous day) to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament.

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New Zealand general election, 1928

The New Zealand general election of 1928 was held on 13 and 14 November in the Māori and European electorates, respectively, to elect 80 MPs to the 23rd session of the New Zealand Parliament.

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New Zealand general election, 1931

The 1931 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 24th term.

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New Zealand general election, 1935

The 1935 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 25th term.

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New Zealand general election, 1943

The 1943 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 27th term.

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New Zealand Labour Party

The New Zealand Labour Party (Rōpū Reipa o Aotearoa), or simply Labour (Reipa), is a centre-left political party in New Zealand.

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (also called a Parliamentary Secretary, especially in government departments not headed by a Secretary of State) is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the government of the United Kingdom, immediately junior to a Minister of State, which is itself junior to a Secretary of State.

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Peter Fraser

Peter Fraser (28 August 1884 – 12 December 1950) was a British-born New Zealand statesman who served as the 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 27 March 1940 until 13 December 1949.

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Point Chevalier

Point Chevalier is a suburb and peninsula in the city of Auckland in the north of New Zealand.

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Prime Minister of New Zealand

The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Te Pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand.

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Raetihi

Raetihi is a town in the central North Island of New Zealand.

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Rex Mason

Henry Greathead Rex Mason (3 June 1885 – 2 April 1975) was a New Zealand politician.

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Rotorua

Rotorua (Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe "The second great lake of Kahumatamomoe") is a city on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua from which the city takes its name, located in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

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Social credit

Social credit is an interdisciplinary distributive philosophy developed by C. H. Douglas (1879–1952), a British engineer who published a book by that name in 1924.

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Socialism

Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.

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Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives

In New Zealand, the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Te Mana Whakawā o te Whare) is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the New Zealand House of Representatives.

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State housing

State housing is a system of public housing in New Zealand, offering low-cost rental housing to residents on low to moderate incomes.

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The Evening Post (New Zealand)

The Evening Post was an afternoon metropolitan daily newspaper based in Wellington, New Zealand.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.

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Truancy

Truancy is any intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal absence from compulsory education.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Otago

The University of Otago (Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo) is a collegiate university located in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Walter Nash

Sir Walter Nash (12 February 1882 – 4 June 1968) was a British-born New Zealand politician who served as the 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Lee

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