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4 unusual facts about New Zealand Post Office


New Zealand Post Office

Telecom was sold to two United States Baby Bells, and PostBank was sold to the Pacific banking conglomerate Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, ANZ.

Post Office Squirrel savings account

The Post Office Squirrel savings account was a New Zealand savings programme set up through the New Zealand Post Office to encourage younger citizens to save money.

PostBank

PostBank was formed when the New Zealand Post Office (a former Government Department) was split up by the Postal Services Act 1987 into Post Office Bank Ltd (trading as PostBank), New Zealand Post Ltd (a Postal Services company) and Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd (a telecommunications company).

Rakon

The only source for these crystals was the NZPO (New Zealand Post Office), and delivery times were often measured in months, which was an ongoing problem for Robinson in his ability to supply his radios.


Henry Cleary

Cleary answered accusations of an undue Catholic representation in the public service by publishing statistical surveys of employment by religion in the Railway Department and the Post Office.


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