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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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Category: Thank you, Uncategorized | Tags: Captain Cook, Dame Anne Salmond, History, New Zealand book month, New Zealand History, New Zealander of the Year, second-hand bookshops, Writing
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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Category: First up | Tags: adventure, airplanes, Great Kiwi Firsts, History, innovation, Jean Batten, London, New Zealand, world records
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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Category: First up | Tags: All Blacks, History, kiwifruit, NASA, New Zealand, pigeons, Plastic surgery
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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Category: Thank you | Tags: acknowledgement, apology, First NZ Rugby Game, gratitude, Great Kiwi Firsts, historical research, History, library, Microfiche, Palmerston North, Rugby

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