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| 1974 New Zealand Day |
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Unhinged |
Very Fine Used |
Per Sheet |
| 4c |
Treaty House at Waitangi |
195a |
$0.40 |
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$0.40 |
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100 |
| 4c |
Signing the Treaty of Waitangi |
195b |
$0.40 |
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$0.40 |
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100 |
| 4c |
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
195c |
$0.40 |
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$0.40 |
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100 |
| 4c |
Parliament Buildings and the Beehive |
195d |
$0.40 |
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$0.40 |
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100 |
| 4c |
Maori and Pakeha Children Studying Together |
195e |
$0.40 |
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$0.40 |
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100 |
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Miniature Sheet |
195f |
$1.60 |
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$1.60 |
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After the 1972 election of Norman Kirk's Labour government, it was
announced that from 1974 Waitangi Day would be a national holiday to be
known as New Zealand Day. The New Zealand Day Act was passed in
1973.
The change signified that New Zealand was ready to move
towards a broader concept of nationhood. At the 1974 celebrations, the New
Zealand Flag was flown instead of the the Union Flag for the first time at
Waitangi and a replica of the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand was
also flown.
When National regained power in 1975, New Zealand Day
was renamed Waitangi Day because Prime Minister Robert Muldoon did not
like the name "New Zealand Day" and many Maori felt the new name
debased the Treaty of Waitangi. |
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