Letters 6
One Size Fits All 7
Felicity Logan reminisces about the ‘One Size Fits All’ clothing concept.
A Chance Encounter 8
A chance encounter in 1965 led to an audition and a career in the music industry.
Frank Words 10
Frank proved it was possible to survive as a fulltime writer in New Zealand. He committed himself, persevered, succeeded.
Telephone Tales 13
Recalling a time before the telephone was available to all homes in New Zealand.
A Theatrical Tragedy 14
A tragic event in a Wellington theatre in 1923 caused shock waves in New Zealand and Australia.
Made her Mark 17
Ethne Rose Smith was born in Napier in 1887, into a world rich in outdoor pursuits which suited her well.
Crossing the Clutha by Punt:
The Tuapeka Mouth Ferry in the 21st Century 22
Before the construction of suitable bridges, the Clutha River was navigated by numerous punts.
From Christchurch to the Somme 24
Among the brave New Zealanders who went off to war – but never came home – was Sergeant Ronald Claude Anderson.
No 4 Bus’s 100 years of History 25
MOTAT’s oldest passenger bus, No. 4 from the North Shore Transport Company, has a century of operating history.
The Old Mill at Western Springs 29
One problem facing early Auckland settlers was finding a reliable energy source to grind grain into flour.
The ‘Fat for Britain’ Campaign 33
A Dunedin man’s mission to help British households suffering from food shortages.
O’Shea – The Pocket Rocket 1889-1980 38
At 5 feet 6 inches in height, and a little under nine stone in weight, Phil O’Shea was unsuited to body contact sports, but found his calling in cycling.
Escape from Greece 1941 40
As the frontline came closer Joy Reid and her fellow nurses fled Greece.
“NASEBY – 2000 feet above worry level” 47
Naseby, first known as Hogburn, had its origins in the 1863 gold rush, and it grew very quickly as hopeful prospectors swarmed in.
Memories of the Nelson Catchment Board 53
Jim Black’s memories of working for the Nelson Catchment Board for a summer in 1966 after leaving high school.
Parihaka 59
The 5th of November is a very significant date in New Zealand’s history. It was not a day, in 1881, of ‘gunpowder, treason and plot’ but instead a day when peaceful resistance met with colonial force.
