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Crowd in Willis Street, Wellington, awaiting the results of the 1931 general election

1931 Wellington, New Zealand

A crowd fills Willis Street in Wellington in 1931, gathered to await the results of that year's New Zealand general election. The vote was held amid the economic hardship of the Great Depression, which dominated the decade's politics.

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