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Early radio on the North Shore

The 'New Zealand Radio Record' magazine will soon become available on the Papers Past website. First...

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issue 163 may 2025

The 'New Zealand Listener' and the North Shore, 1939-1959...

In the issues covering 1939 to 1959 there are four major 'Listener' articles featuring the North Shore. In...

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issue 162 april 2025

The 'New Zealand Listener' and the North Shore, 1939-1959...

First published on 30 June 1939, copies of the first 20 years of the 'New Zealand Listener' will soon be...

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issue 161 march 2025

Rebuilding the Takapuna Municipal Band, 1949-1954

Arthur Edward (Ted) Smith was re-elected at the May 1949 Takapuna Municipal Band AGM as president; Colin Palmer...

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issue 160 february 2025

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