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Michael Joseph Savage Memorial and tomb. The first Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand, Michael Joseph Savage died in office in 1940, and is buried in an Art Deco mausoleum at Takaparawhau / Bastion Point designed by Tibor Donner and Anthony Bartlett with a sculpture by R. O. Gross, built above the disused Fort Britomart. It has large columns ...
The fortifications were built from British designs adapted to New Zealand conditions. They typically included gun emplacements, pill boxes, fire control or observation posts , camouflage strategies, underground bunkers , sometimes with interconnected tunnels, containing magazines , supply and plotting rooms and protected engine rooms supplying ...
Pritchard tries to get Savage to return to a staff job at VIII Bomber Command, but Savage feels that the 918th is not yet ready to do without him. Reluctantly, Pritchard leaves him in command. Ordered to return to the same target after a particularly brutal raid on a ball bearing factory, Savage finds himself physically unable to haul himself ...
Romantic New Zealand: travelogue: New Zealand's first released "talkie" film. [3] 1935: Down on the Farm: Stewart Pitt: New Zealand's first non-documentary "talkie". Fragments only remain. First film shot entirely in the South Island. [3] Hei Tiki: Alexander Markey: a.k.a. Primitive Passions, A Saga of the Maoris. [3] New Zealand's Charm: A ...
Pages in category "Forts in New Zealand" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Te Pōrere Redoubts are historic fortifications of the New Zealand Wars, located at Te Pōrere, to the southwest of the current site of Tūrangi, in New Zealand.Built by the Māori warrior Te Kooti and his Ringatū followers in September 1869, the following month they were the site of the Battle of Te Pōrere, between Te Kooti's forces and those of the New Zealand colonial government's ...
Claire Foy and Richard E. Grant are set to lead a new period drama directed by Peter Glanz. Titled “Savage House,” the eighteenth century black comedy also stars Bel Powley (“A Small Light ...
Set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand 1952: Broken Barrier: 1954: The Seekers: 1955 Battle Cry: Partially set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand 1957 Until They Sail: Set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand 1961 Two Loves: Set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand 1962 In Search of the Castaways: Partially set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand ...