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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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First 'one man one vote' election

1890 First 'one man one vote' election

From the 1890 election no Pākehā could vote in more than one district, ending the longstanding practice of 'plural voting' by those who owned property in more than one electorate. more...

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