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2196 days ago

Defining conflicts? The New Zealand Wars

The Team from Alexander Turnbull Library

This is a free Friends of the Turnbull Library Public Programme event.

Acclaimed historian Vincent O’Malley will present an overview of a turbulent period in our history – a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation’s history.

Thursday 22 November 2018; 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Programme Rooms, Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon.

The New Zealand Wars Dr Vincent O’Malley will present an overview of this turbulent period in our history – a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation’s history. He looks at the origins, causes and consequences of these conflicts and discusses how the wars have been remembered historically. Vincent is a well-known and acclaimed Wellington historian, whose fine book, The Great War for New Zealand: Waikato 1800-2000 (Bridget Williams Books, was published by Bridget Williams Books in 2016. He has received a FoTL research grant to help him research his latest book project, a history of the New Zealand Wars aimed at the secondary school market.

Image: Dr Vincent O’Malley. (Courtesy of Bridget Williams Books, 2016)

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More messages from your neighbours
4 days ago

What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.

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5 days ago

Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.

This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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Do you think NZ should follow suit? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.

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Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?
  • 85.5% Yes
    85.5% Complete
  • 13.3% No
    13.3% Complete
  • 1.1% Other - I'll share below
    1.1% Complete
2045 votes
1 day ago

Domestic Cleaning

Martin from BB Cleaners

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