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Biography: Brown, Vernon Akitt

Brown in a 'ZB citizens' forum, 1948

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Hear Vernon Brown participating in a 'ZB citizens' forum' radio programme on 15 August 1948. He outlines his ideas on the appropriate form of public street decorations for Auckland on the occasion of a proposed 1948 royal tour by King George VI. (2 min 44 sec)

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Reference: D6819

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Linda Tyler. 'Brown, Vernon Akitt', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/118/brown-in-a-zb-citizens-forum-1948 (accessed 4 June 2026).