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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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NZ officially becomes British colony

1840 NZ officially becomes British colony

New Zealand became a separate colony of Britain. The North, South and Stewart islands were to be known respectively as the provinces of ‘New Ulster’, ‘New Munster’ and ‘New Leinster’ more...

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A separate Crown colony - taming the frontierPolitical and constitutional timelineWilliam Hobson

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  • Old maps of NSW and NZ (Garwood & Voigt)
  • New Leinster, New Munster and New Ulster (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Early Constitutions (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Seal of New Munster (Te Ara)
  • Seal of New Ulster (Te Ara)
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