Wyn Fountain served as a Welfare Officer in the Middle East and Europe and was away for over four years. Later he ran a very successful business in New Zealand and, with wife Shirley, grew a great family.
At 90 years old (in this clip) he brought history alive.
NZ Post has announced plans to phase out frontline posties entirely, following the same trajectory Denmark has now completed. Letters may technically still exist, but only at exorbitant courier-style prices, while the organisation pivots to parcels and registered mail – the profitable segments.
The “Burmese Way to Socialism” may have failed as an economic experiment, but as a statist mechanism for perpetual military dictatorship, it has proven to be a devastating success.
The lesser-known but influential characters from the creator of Conan the Barbarian.
Within months of the great battle, a macabre tourist trade sprang up.
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NZ Post has announced plans to phase out frontline posties entirely, following the same trajectory Denmark has now completed. Letters may technically still exist, but only at exorbitant courier-style prices, while the organisation pivots to parcels and registered mail – the profitable segments.
This is an issue National can no longer ignore. It needs to get off the fence and explicitly state whether or not it will support a referendum on the Māori seats.
