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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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24 October

1913 Violence flares on Wellington wharves

Events in Wellington on and around 24 October marked the beginning of the Great Strike of 1913 – a bitter two-and-a-half-month struggle that would ultimately involve 16,000 unionists around the country. more...

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'Black Tuesday' - the 1912 Waihi strike The 1951 waterfront dispute William Massey

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The Waterfront Strike 1913 (1966 encyclopaedia)
'Red' Federation of Labour (1966 encyclopaedia)
John Cullen biography (DNZB)
Tom Young biography (DNZB)
William Massey biography (DNZB)

1919 Death of South Island explorer Donald Sutherland

In 1880 the renowned 'backwoodsman' Sutherland had 'discovered' the waterfall that bears his name on what is now the Milford Track – New Zealand’s best-known walking track. more...