Kōrero: Mail and couriers
In 1987 the century-old New Zealand Post Office was split into three new state-owned enterprises – New Zealand Post, Postbank (which took over the Post Office Savings Bank) and Telecom (which took over telephone and telegraph services). This cover fromKatipo, the journal of the Post Office Union, shows that the union continued to represent the staff of all three businesses.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: S-L 1016-COVER
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang
Tim Shoebridge, Mail and couriers – Technology and change, 1980s–2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/23069/breaking-up-the-post-office (accessed 17 February 2026).
He kōrero nā Tim Shoebridge, i tāngia i te 12 April 2010.