15 Apr 2020

Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: 1932 Queen Street riots

From Afternoons, 1:42 pm on 15 April 2020
Crowds in Swanson St looking towards Queen St

Crowds in Swanson St looking towards Queen St Photo: [Auckland Weekly News, courtesy Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections]

In Autumn 1932 at the height of the Great Depression,  protests and civil unrest rocked New Zealand's main centres.  Today in our visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision we will hear memories of the worst disturbance in Auckland's Queen St when a protest march by unemployed workers turned into a riot. Listen to the full Spectrum documentary about the 1932 Auckland riots