1970 – 1979

1970

A McKinsey report commissioned by the P&T Department found that “its management structure failed to address the specific, separate needs of its main businesses – telecommunications, banking and postal delivery.” 1

Introduction of GENTEX system for automatic switching on larger telegraph circuits, largely eliminating the need to re-transmit telegrams.

1971

New Zealand’s first satellite ground station opened at Warkworth, handling 4000 telephone circuits plus television broadcasting via INTELSAT IV.

Phillippa Reynolds was the first woman to undertake a Radio Inspector's course with the New Zealand Post Office
Phillippa Reynolds was the first woman to undertake a Radio Inspector’s course with the New Zealand Post Office. Photo: Post Office News, October 1971
1972

Auckland aviation radio (ZLF) moved from Musick Point to Mangere airport.

1975

The New Zealand Post Office changed its logo from the ‘Post Office badge’ to a stylised envelope.

The NZPO badge (left) and the logo that replaced it in 1975
The badge (left) and the logo that replaced it


» 1980 – 1989


Sources

1 Wilson, A.C. (1994). Wire and wireless: A history of telecommunications in New Zealand 1890-1987, (p 147), Palmerston North, New Zealand: Dunmore Press.