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The late John McCombe: Legendary snapper and a tremendous all-round guy
9 May, 2021 09:21 PM
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John McCombe relaxes at home in Whangamata in 2015. McCombe left Christchurch after the 2011 earthquakes. Photo / NZH
John McCombe relaxes at home in Whangamata in 2015. McCombe left Christchurch after the 2011 earthquakes. Photo / NZH
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Former Christchurch Star photographer John McCombe, regarded as an institution among this country s news snappers, died at his home last week, aged 75. Former colleague Dave Cannan, assisted by several past workmates, compiled this tribute to their old friend . . .
John McCombe was a superb, award-winning photographer. But he wasn t one to attend ceremonies to receive the trophies. And nor did he hang his best photos on the walls of his home. Those spaces were reserved for pictures he admired – but taken by others.
Mr O Regan asked the premier if the government are in favour of changing the present inappropriate name of the colony for the more suitable one of MÄoriland . [Premier Richard Seddon] thought, for weal or woe, we had better stick to the name of New Zealand, and he was not inclined to change the name.
MÄoriland. If you used that term today, nobody would know what you were talking about (unless they were a film buff, in which case they might think you were talking about the MÄoriland Film Festival).
But if you jumped in a time machine and headed back to the 19th or early 20th century, everybody would know that MÄoriland meant New Zealand.
Analysis - In 2015, New Zealand s Parliament was in the middle of a fierce debate to change a part of our heritage, the national flag.
But 110 years earlier, there was an argument over an even more fundamental part of NZ identity. Our name.
Musings in Māoriland was a collection of poetry by Thomas Bracken, author of NZ’s national anthem.
Photo: Supplied / Te Ara
It was 1895 and the radical liberal MP Patrick O Regan took the floor of Parliament with a proposal to ditch New Zealand in favour of a new name. Mr O Regan asked the premier if the government are in favour of changing the present inappropriate name of the colony for the more suitable one of Māoriland .