Bert Roth Award for Labour History

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The Bert Roth Award for Labour History, named for the late historian Bert Roth, is presented annually by the Labour History Project to the work that best depicts the history of work and resistance in New Zealand. [1] It was created in May 2013 in recognition of Roth's contribution to labour movement archives and history. [2]

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