Contents

Contents :
Cover : Georgina and Eileen Strew, the famous twin guides pictured around 1910;
Appetiser : Tang Yin Ling : Chinese migrant;
Early Years in New Zealand Rugby [ever wondered where and when rugby gained a stronghold in our country. Bob Luxford of the NZ Rugby Museum has the answers];
Milking in the 1920’s [Anne Moore has vivid memories of Matamata farming days];
Something old ... [Crown Lynn pottery painted by Frank Carpay];
You’ll have to hum it, ‘cause I can’t play it [a poem by Stu Bagby;
Three Remarkable Women [Anna Rogers shares stories of New Zealand nurses];
Images from the regions : Taranaki [Mt Messenger / Oakura / New Plymouth / Kaitake Range / Kaupokonui / Patea / Ngaere Gardens / Lucy’s Gully ];
The Guides of Rotorua “He tira kahurangi - a group of precious women” [From Ann Somerville of the Rotorua Museum];
Restored to Perfection [The Indian 1916 1000cc racing motorcycle];
Slice of Life [The Rambler Cycle Club at the Auckland Domain, 1902];
Taking Off [Pioneering small airlines in post-war New Zealand by Richard Waugh];
Britannia Rules the Waves [Jean Brown describes her wartime hairdressing apprenticehsip];
Gym Bodies [is ‘the work out’ at the gym a modern phenomenon?];
Paihia Memories [Bert Boswell remembers a vastly different Paihia from the busy Northland tourist town that we know today];
The New Gold Hills [A glimpse at the hardship and prejudice that faced the Chinese on the Otago goldfield by Gordon Campbell];
In Print [book reviews];
Reader’s Response [Keepers of the light - New Zealand lighthouses];
Images from the Regions : Nelson / Marlborough [Murchison (1929 earthquake) / Nelson city (Ford Dealers) / Picton (Lord Bledisloe visit) / Omaka Aerodrome and Blenheim butchery / Awatere Valley];
New Zealand Memories Mailbox [Orongo Lodge identified] [Alice power tragedy] [help re stoop-less milking sheds] [the home guard];
Genealogy List, Index and Bibliography;
Editor’s choice : Crossing the great divide;