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    Ngaio Marsh

    The magazine Newsweek described her novels as \\\\\\\'the best whodunits ever written\\\\\\\'. Marsh was also an artist, playwright, actor and director. The New York Times called her New Zealand\\\\\\\'s best-known literary figure.

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Completion of first trans-Tasman solo flight

1931 Completion of first trans-Tasman solo flight

Australian Guy Menzies' flight from Sydney ended in some embarrassment when he crash-landed his Avro Avian biplane in a swamp at Harihari on the West Coast. more...

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  • Wings across the Tasman (Te Ara)
  • Aviation (Te Ara)
  • Anniversary of first solo flight (NZINE)
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