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Children queuing for
‘This is New Zealand’
The film, originally
screened in Osaka, Japan at the world fair Expo ’70, was
such a huge hit and such a landmark for New Zealand cinema,
that it was brought back and screened across New Zealand.
When Britain prepared to join the European Common Market in
the late 1960’s, New Zealand suddenly had to start
promoting itself to the world, and one of the ways it did so
was to take part in Expo 70. The star attraction at that
event was a revolutionary 20-minute film This is New
Zealand’ and was seen by more than two million
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Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu, the Māori Legend
He was killed on his feet defiantly facing the enemy with his tommy-gun at his hip. As he fell, he came to rest almost on the top of those of the enemy who had fallen, the number of whom testified to his outstanding courage’. The Germans on Point 209 surrendered later that day. A few weeks before he was killed he had written to his parents that he had dreamed of his great grandmother Hana Maraea. She was beckoning to him in the dream.from the Government of New Zealand Encyclopedia
The men of the Māori Battalion were embroiled in much of the heavy fighting in Greece, Crete and Libya. During the retreat from Tobruk (Tubruq) it took part in the breakout from encirclement at Minqâr Qaim. In February 1943, following the battle of El Alamein and the advance to Tripoli, eight C Company officers, including Ngārimu, wrote to Sir Apirana Ngata describing the battalion’s casualties: two commanders had been wounded and some men had been
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Wellington Free Ambulance Heartbeats co-ordinator Amy Williams runs through a quick step by step of how to help someone in an emergency. (Published in December 2020)
It was never a good idea to swear near Melby Scott - just ask members of the Naenae Bowling Club. For decades Melby was a tireless fundraiser for Wellington Free Ambulance. One of his favoured methods was a swear jar and after a particularly sweary weekend in 2011, he raised $264.70 from his mates in the Naenae club.
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At 92, Melby Scott was the oldest bowlers taking part in the Over 80s competition at the Lower Hutt Bowling Club in 2015.