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A great social experiment : the story of licensing trusts in New Zealand / Bernard Teahan.

Title
A great social experiment : the story of licensing trusts in New Zealand / Bernard Teahan.
Author
Teahan, Bernard, 1946-
Publication
  • Masterton : Fraser Books, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Description
vi, 272 pages : illustrations (some colour); 24 cm
Summary
"Licensing Trusts are a uniquely New Zealand concept now over 70 years old. Sometimes maligned, they have quietly enhanced and supported their communities with annual donations of many millions; and generated through their businesses, community assets worth $350 million. [This book] tells the story of their achievements and failures: why in communities like Invercargill, Mataura, Masterton, West Auckland and Flaxmere they are greatly valued, and why in others they have withered. It explains how two remarkable men in the 1940s, Prime NMinister Peter Fraser, and Rex Mason, Minister of Justice, conceived how communities might take control of the sale of alcohol, generating profits to provide much needed hotel accommodation and a dividend to enhance their community well-being. [The research for this book] lays a challenge: community ownership of trading enterprises provides an alternative to globalisation, and is an important vehicle for the 21st century."--Back cover.
Subject
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) > New Zealand > History
  • Liquor stores > New Zealand > History
  • License system > New Zealand > History
  • Community foundations > New Zealand > History
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)
  • Community foundations
  • License system
  • Liquor stores
  • New Zealand
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Foreword / Rick Long -- Location of past and present Licensing Trusts in New Zealand -- Introduction: Why tell the story of Licensing Trusts?
  • Patrt one (1. The history of trusts ; 2. A framework for community ownership ; 3. The unforgiving polls ; 4. Equity financing ; 5. Those that never were ; 6. The demised Trusts).
  • Part two: The continuing legacy (Invercargill (1944) ; Masterton (1947) ; Ashburton (1949) ; Geraldine (1950) ; Mount Wellington (1952) ; Cheviot (1954 ; Porirua (1955) ; Clutha (1955) ; Mataura (1955) ; Oamaru (1961) ; Birkenhead (1967) ; Te Kauwhata (1968) ; Wiri (1969) ; Rimutaka (1970) ; Hawarden (1970) ; Portage (1972) ; Waitakere (1972) ; Flaxmere (1975)).
  • Part three: Have Trusts done better? -- Coda.
ISBN
  • 9780994136022
  • 0994136021
OCLC
  • 1003123144
  • SCSB-12344424
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library