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Rejected naturalisations of two Takapuna residents in 1911

On 10 October 1911 the New Zealand Government summarily rejected two applications for naturalisation as New Zealand...

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issue 132 july 2022

Philip Callan: Birkenhead and Northcote settler

Baptised a Catholic on 11 November 1805, a son of Patrick Callan and Anne (nee Duffie), Philip Callan grew up in...

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issue 131 june 2022

Waiwharariki/Anzac Square, Part Two

Economist John Maynard Keynes once wrote, “When the facts change, I change my mind” and here is a case...

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issue 130 may 2022

Waiwharariki/Anzac Square, Part Two

Economist John Maynard Keynes once wrote, “When the facts change, I change my mind” and here is a case...

By: David Verran
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issue 130 may 2022

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