Great Beer Boycott of '47

Saturday, 28 March 2009, 9:46 pm
Article: Scoop Review of Books

Talk in Wellington on Wednesday 1 April
The West Coast is known for its political solidarity, free flowing rain and even freer flowing beer.

But the beer stopped flowing in 1947 when coasters banded together in an act of consumer solidarity that has been described as the country's most successful consumer boycott.

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