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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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Death of Opo the friendly dolphin

1956 Death of Opo the friendly dolphin

Opononi George or Opo was a bottlenosed dolphin which warmed the hearts of thousands of people at Opononi in the Hokianga Harbour in 1955-6. more...

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1956 - key events

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  • Opo the friendly dolphin (NZ folk song)
  • Opo the gay dolphin (Te Ao Hou)
  • Opo (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Hokianga District (Te Ara)
  • Humans and Dolphins (Te Ara)
  • Film of Opo (NZOnScreen)
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