Contents

Contents :
Cover : Tang Yin Ling, returning to his claim at Horse Flat near Macraes in Otago;Appetiser : Standing room only [The Mokau River ferry service];
My grandfather was a chinese goldminer [as recalled my Maurie Mechange and recorded by wife Mags Mechang];
Those were the days [advertisements from the 1920s and 30s];
The Paxman Stationary Steam Engine [provided by the Kauri Museum, Matakohe];
More to Maori Legends than Myth [observations from Brian Mackrell];
Emergency : Centre Island ZMC ... to ... ZLB [Lois Fox recalls her flight to hospital by Tiger Moth from Centre Island, Foveaux Strait];
The Art of French Knitting;
Images from the Regions : Taranaki [Postcards / New Plymouth / Okato / Fantham’s Peak, Mount Taranaki (Mount Egmont) / Mokai River / Mokau Bridge / Douglas / Toko / Whenuakura / Opunake;
John Pascoe : Author, historian, Mountaineer, Photographer [Part II of Chris Maclean’s biography of John Pascoe];
Slice of Life : a woman’s work is never done
Changing Schools [schooldays of the 1950s];
Remember the Saturday Matinee [a photograph from Trevor King’s collection];
Sepia Wedding [poetry by Toni Quinlan] - wartime winter wedding;
The Davis Cup 1920 - 21 [Lawn court transplanted for tennis championships];
Postcards from the Front [From Wayne King’s collection];
Lost on Mount Ruapehu [Loxley Jensen records the 1931 snowstorm and its consequences / the rescued girls / the climbing party];
Images from the Regions : Nelson / Marlborough [Picton Wharf 1929 / Christmas at Tahunanui, Nelson 1943 / Takaka / Nelson / Picton / Lake Rotoroa / Nelson Lakes / Lake Rotoiti / Wairau Valley;
Mailbox [battleship game / Chum Thomas;
Genealogy List, index and bibliography;
Editor’s Choice [There must be an easier way to earn a crust - trying to transport passengers across The Orangihikakoia Stream in flood];