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    Fred Evans

    Fred Evans' violent death during the 1912 Waihi miners' strike made this otherwise obscure figure into a martyr of the New Zealand labour movement. He remains one of only two people to be killed during an industrial dispute in this country's history.

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NZ Centennial Exhibition opens

1939 NZ Centennial Exhibition opens

More than 2.6 million people visited the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition which ran from 8 November 1939 to 4 May 1940 at Rongotai, Wellington. more...

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The Centennial Exhibition - New Zealand Centennial, 1940Edmund Anscombe

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NZers march into a besieged Madrid

1936 NZers march into a besieged Madrid

Griff Maclaurin and Steve Yates were part of the International Column of anti-fascist volunteers who marched into Madrid, bolstering the city's defences against the assault of General Franco's rebel armies. They were killed in battle within two days of arriving more...

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Geoffrey CoxNZ combatants in SpainGriff Maclaurin

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