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… for pleasure. Hubert Holdaway died in Nelson Hospital on Anzac Day (25 April) 1963, as a result of a car accident …
Type: Biography
… a compassionate man, easily moved to tears. Every year on Anzac Day he threw a ‘ripper’ of a party to celebrate his …
Type: Biography
… of Waitangi in 1840, and has been a holiday since 1974. Anzac Day, on 25 April, is commemorated as the anniversary …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Nation and government
… her birthday. He also led New Zealand troops in the first Anzac Day parade in London in April 1916. In November 1916 …
Type: Biography
… except for Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Anzac Day), the increased use of credit cards, and new …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Economy
… and (from a piano on the back of a truck) accompanied Anzac Day services at Te Karaka’s war memorial, which was …
Type: Biography
… he went with the troops representing New Zealand at the Anzac Day commemorations in Sydney, and in 1939 he helped …
Type: Biography
… in 1941. (Memorial services continue to be held there each Anzac Day.) By now, hundreds of young Australians and New …
Type: Biography
… the Atlantic Monthly in January and he began work on After Anzac Day , which he hoped would be ‘the great New Zealand … country. When the fellowship was over, he finished After Anzac Day in a rush. An ambitious novel set around the 1951 …
Type: Biography
… In the 21st century many younger people and children attend Anzac Day commemorations, acknowledging the contributions …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Older people
… The resulting documentary was screened the night before Anzac Day 1990. Huata retired in 1982 and moved to Hastings, …
Type: Biography
… succumbed to leukaemia at Orewa, where he had attended an Anzac Day ceremony just three days earlier. …
Type: Biography
… Eyles composed a military march he named ‘Kippenberger’. On Anzac Day 1983, in Christchurch cathedral, a brass plaque in …
Type: Biography
… starlet, and at 15 performed a hula in women’s dress at an Anzac Day concert in Taumarunui. As a child she stole small …
Type: Biography