Rutherford Waddell stands at the pulpit of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Walker St, Dunedin, in 1917, 29 years after delivering his Sin of Cheapness clarion call to fight social injustice. Supplied photo. : Waging the good fight
Rutherford Waddell stands at the pulpit of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Walker St, Dunedin, in 1917, 29 years after delivering his Sin of Cheapness clarion call to fight social injustice. Supplied photo. : Waging the good fight
This cartoon contrasting a woman doing sweated labour with her wealthy employer was based on an article published in the Otago Daily Times and appeared in the Auckland-based New Zealand Observer and Free Lance, on November 3, 1888. Photo from Alexander... : Waging the good fight
This cartoon contrasting a woman doing sweated labour with her wealthy employer was based on an article published in the Otago Daily Times and appeared in the Auckland-based New Zealand Observer and Free Lance, on November 3, 1888. Photo from Alexander... : Waging the good fight
Prof Erik Olssen, who lived on Carroll St within sight of St Andrew's Church during the 1980s, said Rutherford Waddell's campaign against sweated labour laid the foundation for the significant social legislation of the 1890s. Photo by Jane Dawber : Waging the good fight
Prof Erik Olssen, who lived on Carroll St within sight of St Andrew's Church during the 1980s, said Rutherford Waddell's campaign against sweated labour laid the foundation for the significant social legislation of the 1890s. Photo by Jane Dawber : Waging the good fight
Waging the good fight
Rutherford Waddell's sermon on "The Sin of Cheapness" transformed working and living conditions for a swathe of working New Zealanders a century...