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Dr Penny Jamieson

English-born New Zealander Penny Jamieson was the first woman in the world to be ordained a bishop of the Anglican Church

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29 March

1942 Nazi sabotage hoax

Career criminal Sydney Ross convinced the New Zealand government that a Nazi sabotage cell was operating in New Zealand.
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Sydney Ross New Zealand crime timeline

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The Home Front Volume II (NZETC)
Sydney Ross (DNZB)
Bob Semple (DNZB)
Peter Fraser (DNZB)

1959 Evangelist Billy Graham arrives for 11-day crusade

In the first half of 1959 Billy Graham and his associate evangelists Leighton Ford, Grady Wilson and Joseph Blinco held crusades in New Zealand and Australia which attracted huge audiences. more...