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    Godfrey Bowen

    Bowen helped establish sheep shearing as a legitimate sport and a form of entertainment. He was one of the inaugural inductees into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.

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First issue of NZ Listener published

1939 First issue of NZ Listener published

Free to all 380,000 radio licence holders, the New Zealand Listener soon expanded its original brief, which was to publicise radio programmes. Today it is the country's only national weekly current affairs and entertainment magazine. more...

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The making of New Zealand literature31 reasons to love NZ books and writing

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  • New Zealand Listener (APN Holdings)
  • Montague Holcroft biography (DNZB)
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