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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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Ratana and Labour seal alliance

1936 Ratana and Labour seal alliance

The alliance between the Ratana Church and the Labour Party was cemented at an historic meeting between T.W. Ratana and Prime Minister M.J. Savage on 22 April 1936. more...

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Tahupotiki Wiremu RatanaChange in the 20th century - Maori and the voteRatana on the road

External links

  • Maori Political Parties (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • T.W. Ratana biography (DNZB)
  • Ratana (Wikipedia)
  • Enduring attraction of Ratana (NZ Herald)
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