This web feature was written by David Green and produced by the NZHistory team. It was commissioned by New Zealand Post. A key source was the annual reports of the Post and Telegraph Department published in the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. See also:
Books
- Elisabeth Airey, The taming of distance: New Zealand’s first international telecommunications, Dunmore Publishing, Wellington, 2005
- Laurie Barber and Cliff Lord, Swift and sure: a history of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals and army signalling in New Zealand, NZ Signals Inc., Wellington, 1996
- Keast Burke (ed.), With horse and Morse in Mesopotamia: the story of Anzacs in Asia, Arthur McQuitty & Co., Sydney, 1927
- Roy F. Ellis, By wires to victory: describing the work of the New Zealand Divisional Signal Company in the 1914–18 war, lst NZEF Divisional Company, Auckland, c. 1968
- Howard Robinson, A history of the Post Office in New Zealand, Government Printer, Wellington, 1964
- R.M. Startup and Edward B. Proud, History of the New Zealand military postal services 1845–1991, Postal History Publishing Co., Heathfield, East Sussex, 1992
- A.C. Wilson, Wire and wireless: a history of telecommunications in New Zealand, 1860-1987, Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1994
Links
- 1914 for King and Empire (NZ Post)
- Mail and couriers (Te Ara)
- Telecommunications (Te Ara)
- Post and Telegraph roll of honour (AJHR)