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    Yvette Williams

    The sports writer Peter Heidenstrom rated Yvette Williams as his 'New Zealand Athlete of the Century'. There is no doubt that she was one of our greatest-ever athletes - and probably the most versatile. 

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'The Russians are coming!'

1873 'The Russians are coming!'

The editor of the Daily Southern Cross, David Luckie, published a hoax report of a Russian invasion of Auckland by the cruiser Kaskowiski (cask of whisky). more...

External links

  • Article from Southern Cross (PapersPast)
  • War with Russia (PapersPast)
  • Coastal defences: Fort Takapuna (DOC)
  • North Head historic reserve (DOC)
  • Russians (Te Ara)
  • David Luckie biography (DNZB)
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