Redemption arc? #nzpol #nzhistory
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@timward2014.bsky.socialRedemption arc? #nzpol #nzhistory
@debbiemccauley.bsky.socialNew Zealand Sergeant Rudolph Grattan Cooke survived a wound to the face during World War I and returned to active duty, only to lose his life when a gunshot pierced his heart during the fierce Battle of Magdhaba on 23 December 1916.
@debbiemccauley.bsky.socialRemembering the tragic story of Flight Sergeant Berry Arthur Neill, an Auckland milk roundsman turned RNZAF crewman, whose family history is deeply woven into New Zealand's wartime and 1918 Influenza Pandemic history.
#WWIIHistory #NZHistory #RNZAF #AviationHistory #1918Pandemic #VickersWellington
@debbiemccauley.bsky.socialDiscover the story of Lionel Chainey, a former Waihi Gold Mining Company worker who left New Zealand in 1915 to serve with the Otago Infantry Regiment, only to meet a tragic end at Polderhoek Château. #NZHistory #OtagoInfantryRegiment #AnzacHistory #NewZealandHistory #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #GreatWar
@debbiemccauley.bsky.socialHonouring the memory of New Zealand World War I soldier Bassell Saxe Fricker, lost in the tragic SS Marquette sinking of 1915. #NZHistory #WWI #NZMedicalCorps #FirstWorldWar #MilitaryHistory #SSMarquette #MarquetteDisaster #No1NZStationaryHospital #frickerfamily
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@nzpropertyreview.bsky.socialMany Mount Maunganui baches from the 70s & 80s were modified over the years without updating official plans. Today, those legacy sunrooms are ticking financial time bombs for buyers.
@drhsinghnz.bsky.socialWhen wealthy elites weaponise media, it reveals the arrogant core of their privilege. In 1975, Bob Jones and the Capital Club targeted Matiu Rata, erecting a Wellington sign reading "Mat Rata reads comics". It was calculated bullying to belittle a key Māori leader.