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ANZAC Day: For Skippy

ANZAC Day: For Skippy

By Cameron Slater ( *republished) I made this video some time ago for Skippy, my father-in-law. Some of the photos in the video were taken by him at Nui Dat. He was an Aussie serving with the NZ Army…he trained at Puckapunyal, Canungra and Singleton…many of the

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ANZAC Day: True Unsung Heroes

ANZAC Day: True Unsung Heroes

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.

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ANZAC Day: Gallipoli

ANZAC Day: Gallipoli

In 2015 Dad and I were at the dawn ceremony at ANZAC Cove and then the service at Chunuk Bair. I carried the medals of my great-grandfather Harry Crozier with me. It was 100 years since ANZAC troops set foot on the Gallipoli peninsula in that ill-fated campaign.

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ANZAC Day: Lest we forget

ANZAC Day: Lest we forget

This is my ANZAC Day tribute posting. ANZAC Day means a great deal for me and my family. I suppose it is because we have a connection to the original ANZACS in 1915 and Gallipoli, and to a veteran of a war much fresher in our minds, Vietnam. Firstly, I

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Governor-General’s Message

Governor-General’s Message

Many organisers of ANZAC Day events like to read out a message from the Prime Minister or the Governor-General as part of their service. Here is the ANZAC Day 2021 message from the Governor-General. The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy, GNZM, QSO Governor-General of New Zealand Kia

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Prime Minister’s Message

Prime Minister’s Message

Many organisers of ANZAC Day events like to read out a message from the Prime Minister or the Governor-General as part of their service. Here is the ANZAC Day 2021 message from the Prime Minister. The Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister of New Zealand ANZAC Day Message 2021

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America’s Black Klanswoman Cracks the Whip

America’s Black Klanswoman Cracks the Whip

In the long-gone days of the Jim Crow South, racist Democrat voters and their demagogue politicians used to intimidate juries by parading outside courthouses in their pointy hoods. In the new era of Jim Snow, racist Democrat voters and their demagogue politicians show up in hoodies and face-masks.

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four person earring on black wooden table

From Haute Cuisine to Hot Dogs: How Dining Out Has Evolved over 200 Years – And Is Innovating Further in the Pandemic

Hannah Cutting-Jones University of Oregon Hannah Cutting-Jones is a food historian. Her research focuses primarily on the impact of colonialism on foodways in the Pacific and North America, and She is also fascinated by how religion and philosophy have shaped humans’ relationship with food and the natural world.

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An Analysis of the Draft NZ History Curriculum

An Analysis of the Draft NZ History Curriculum

Person of colour The draft for consultation is open at Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories in the New Zealand Curriculum. You can read it and make your own mind up but here are my thoughts. The three ‘big ideas’ are insufficient to understand New Zealand’s history unless this also

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It’s Time to Start Thinking about Inflation

Simon Black sovereignman.com James (aka Simon Black) is an international investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sovereign Man. His free daily e-letter Notes from the Field is about using the experiences from his life and travels to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it,

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