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    Vincent Aspey

    When nine-year-old Vincent Aspey persuaded his mother to buy a violin he had spotted in a second-hand shop she was dubious that he would practice, let alone come to be described as ‘synonymous with orchestral development in New Zealand’.

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QEII opens NZ Parliament

1954 QEII opens NZ Parliament

A crowd of 50,000 greeted Queen Elizabeth II as she arrived at Parliament. This was the first time New Zealand's Parliament was opened by a reigning monarch. more...

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The Royal visit, 1953-54The House of Representatives1954 - key events

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  • Royal visits - The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, 1953–54 (1966 encyclopaedia)
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