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34:'to give subsidised, short-term public sector employment for job seekers'. It began in August 1980 and mostly finished in August 1986. At its peak there were more than 50,000 people employed. People were paid a full time wage just above the minimum. 42:
The PEP scheme came after the TEP scheme, which was the Temporary Employment Programme that started in 1977 and ceased in 1980. This was part of several government employment initiatives including the Students' Community Work Scheme.
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employees worked to renovate an empty Dalgety wool store in Wellington creating an arts centre and also contributed drawing, performances and music to Summer '79.
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Academic Martin O'Connor identified the 'ideological function of PEP' as being used by the government to present information about employment.
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on a variety of community enhancement projects ranging from chopping and providing firewood for older people to marae renovation projects. (
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In Christchurch the PEP scheme it enabled the development of the Free Theatre Group in Christchurch. Film and theatre people
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The employment schemes employed people in the arts, many of whom went on to successful careers.
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all were employed or involved as they were starting out on a PEP scheme.
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and Andy Drey in 1983 in Wellington paid through the PEP scheme. In
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Workers in the Margins: Union Radicals in Post-war New Zealand
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carver Wallace Hetaraka passed on carving skills learnt from
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Bryant, Rod (1980). "City of Wellington Summer '79".
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which employed over 100 artists till 1987. Fourteen
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Index

Department of Labour
New Zealand
Parekura Horomia
East Coast
Wira Gardiner
Summer City
Artists' Co-op
Miranda Harcourt
Colin McColl
Phillipa Boyens
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Shona Laing
Whangaruru
Hōne Taiapa
New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute




"Kia Ora Chief"


"Turia calls for return to subsidised work schemes"
Workers in the Margins: Union Radicals in Post-war New Zealand
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978-1-927131-39-8


"Flashback #5... PEP scheme helps sustain contemporary theatre..."
WIFT: Capital Champions - Cine Queens Speak 3 May 2023

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