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Jack Lovelock

One of our greatest athletes, Berlin Olympic gold medallist Jack Lovelock led a remarkably full life before his tragic death in 1949, just a few days shy of his 40th birthday.

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8 November

1939 NZ Centennial Exhibition opens

More than 2.6 million people visited the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition which ran from 8 November 1939 to 4 May 1940 at Rongotai, Wellington. more...

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The Centennial Exhibition - New Zealand Centennial, 1940 Edmund Anscombe

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Petone Settlers Museum (Historic Places Trust)
Treaty House (Historic Places Trust)
One Tree Hill Obelisk (Historic Places Trust)
Church Steps, Nelson (Historic Places Trust)

1936 NZers march into a besieged Madrid

Griff Maclaurin and Steve Yates were part of the International Column of anti-fascist volunteers who marched into Madrid, bolstering the city's defences against the assault of General Franco's rebel armies. They were killed in battle within two days of arriving more...