item details
NameSave Our Post Office badge
ProductionNew Zealand Post Office Union; producer; 1986; New Zealand
Classificationbadges
Materialsmetal, paper, ink, plastic
DimensionsOverall: 44mm (width), 44mm (height), 7mm (depth), 44mm (diameter)
Registration NumberGH026638
Credit lineGift of Jan Farr, 2024
Overview
This badge protested against the splitting up of the New Zealand Post Office into three different businesses (mail, telecommunications and banking) under the State-Owned Enterprises Act of 1986. Many communities feared they would lose access to local postal and banking services.
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).