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Rona Bailey Lecture 2026
February 16 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 pm
The State and the Union – 114 years of the Public Service Association
The 2026 Labour History Project biennial Rona Bailey lecture was presented by
- Mark Derby, author of biography of Dan Long, former PSA general secretary
- Mary Ellen O’Connor, author of PSA oral history (2012)
- Fleur Fitzsimons, current PSA national secretary
The history of the Public Service Association (PSA) closely reflects both the changes that have occurred within the public service and the broader history of New Zealand. Rona Bailey herself made a very significant contribution to this PSA history. Our three speakers situate the PSA history within this wider context. They divide the chronology to illuminate different eras and bring us to an understanding of the PSA today.
This is a Labour History Project event, sponsored by the Wellington School of Business and Government, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington.