1. Reading History Again

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    April 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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  2. Great Kiwi First Christmas

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    December 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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  3. Controversy

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    December 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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  4. The First Dog to Drive a Car!

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    December 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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  5. On the Cover: Jean Batten

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    December 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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  6. Blurb

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    December 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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  7. Meet the author in the living room of her home town

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    November 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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  8. Five Firsts I Did Not Know

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    November 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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  9. Your chance to add more ‘Firsts’

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    October 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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  10. Historical hunting & fiche-ing

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    October 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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