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Reading History Again
2April 23, 2013 by astraltravels
I’m a little (okay, a lot) bit late in on this, and it’s my first blog post of the year. …
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Great Kiwi First Christmas
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2012 by astraltravels
It seems that Great Kiwi Firsts is doing pretty well. Every store I’ve been into recently has been down to …
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Controversy
Leave a commentDecember 18, 2012 by astraltravels
It’s a headline that would grab any editor’s attention: ‘Kiwi accused of culling dictionary entries’ And, indeed, it did: ‘Editorial …
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The First Dog to Drive a Car!
1December 11, 2012 by astraltravels
Bow Wow Wow! I wish I’d been able to put this in the book. Maybe in the reprint! There’s already …
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On the Cover: Jean Batten
Leave a commentDecember 10, 2012 by astraltravels
Ever wonder how far exactly it is to fly from England to New Zealand? Ever look at the pilots in …
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Blurb
Leave a commentDecember 2, 2012 by astraltravels
“Our fern may be silver but we Kiwis love to take that gold medal spot. First to give women the …
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Meet the author in the living room of her home town
3November 21, 2012 by astraltravels
Well, what do ya know? I’m heading back to home turf this weekend, and while I’m there I have my …
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Five Firsts I Did Not Know
Leave a commentNovember 9, 2012 by astraltravels
When you start dusting off the hard-backed history books, look beyond the facts and figures and start investigating the stories …
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Your chance to add more ‘Firsts’
3October 26, 2012 by astraltravels
Within a minute of receiving my author copy of Great Kiwi Firsts, a workmate said, ‘Ah, but did you include …
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Historical hunting & fiche-ing
1October 20, 2012 by astraltravels
I think it was my fifth form history class that I first spent hours at the Palmerston North City Library coming …
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Great Kiwi Firsts
The non-linear social history book of New Zealand by Astral Sligo
Great Kiwi Firsts 