Miscellaneous items, 1968-1970

Material in the collection covers the years 1968 to 1971. The main collection (Folders 1-17) was presented to the University of Auckland Library in 1974 by Mr. Brian Brooks, a former lecturer in the Law Faculty at the University, and National President of National Union of Teachers from Sept 1969 until his resignation in May 1971. The collection comprises largely correspondence, agendas for, and minutes of various meetings.

A single folder of additional material, described separately in an Appendix was donated to the Library in 1973.

The group of teachers who registered under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act in Mar 1969 were officially known as The Northern and Wellington National Union of Teachers Industrial Union of Workers, their short title being National Union of Teachers. However, there were in Auckland at least several different groups at different times (and sometimes at the same time) all calling themselves National Union of Teachers or even New Zealand National Union of Teachers and it is not always clearly evident which group is being referred to, especially as some personnel seem to have been members of more than one of the groups. Therefore to avoid compounding the confusion, throughout the inventory, the particular terminology as used by the organization concerned in any particular item is retained.