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    Ngaio Marsh

    The magazine Newsweek described her novels as \\\'the best whodunits ever written\\\'. Marsh was also an artist, playwright, actor and director. The New York Times called her New Zealand\\\'s best-known literary figure.

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NZ troops make first opposed landing since Gallipoli

1943 NZ troops make first opposed landing since Gallipoli

New Zealanders from 8 Brigade, 3rd New Zealand Division, helped their American allies seize control of Mono in the Solomon Islands. Forty New Zealanders lost their lives in weeks of fierce fighting against the island's Japanese defenders. more...

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Changing fortunes - New Zealanders in the Pacific War

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  • Against the Rising Sun launch (Beehive)
  • The Pacific (NZETC)
  • War against Japan (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • War in the Pacific (1966 encyclopaedia)
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