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[10] Chief Fire Officer Jim Measures Waihi 19 May 1998 Collapsed in the fire appliance responding to a logging truck accident [6] David Sloan Waipukurau 21 January 1996 [10] Firefighter James Hughes Auckland 9 July 1994 Killed by a drunken driver whilst operation the pump at the scene of another motor vehicle accident on an Auckland Motorway [6]
Walter James Bolton (13 August 1888 – 18 February 1957) was a New Zealand farmer who was found guilty of poisoning his wife. He is known as the last person to be executed in New Zealand before the abolition of capital punishment.
According to a contemporary newspaper account, [2] the body of the younger Phoebe Veitch was found on the Wanganui River beach on the morning of 27 February by Arthur Fitchett, a telegraph linesperson. Giving medical testimony, Dr Earle noted that the drowned child was the product of a cross-cultural relationship between persons of Chinese and ...
Junior Digest (1945 to 1965) [10] 1950s. Playdate as Cinema and then Cinema, Stage & TV till 1960 (1956 to 1972) Te Ao Hou / The New World (1952 to 1974) Vogue New Zealand (1957 to 1968) - from 1955 to 1957 as a supplement to "British Vogue" 1960s. Elegance in Australia & New Zealand (1960s) - Australian/New Zealand version of Flair; Eve (1966 ...
1942-11-10 2025-01-21 Japanese speed skater speed skater: Japan: Karafuto Prefecture: natural causes: Q3554228: Valérie André: 1922-04-21 2025-01-21 veteran of the French resistance, neurosurgeon, aviator, first female General Officer military physician helicopter pilot: France: Strasbourg: Q3838027: Luca Beatrice: 1961-04-04 2025-01-21
Sited on the corner of Bates Street and Somme Parade, "Wairere House" was the name given to the purpose-built building for the Wanganui Computer from the time of its initial construction in 1974. A large re-enforced three story building, it only has windows on the top floor, giving it the appearance of a fortified bunker.
The Chronicle's rival from 1867 onward was The Evening Herald (later The Wanganui Herald), founded by John Ballance. The ownership of the two daily papers merged in the 1970s, and in 1986 the Herald became a free weekly, later renamed the Wanganui Midweek. [1] The Chronicle is currently Whanganui's only daily newspaper.
A loaded KiwiRail freight train derailed, including "at least 10" wagons and significant damage to rail infrastructure. [3] 10 January 2023, Te Puna, Bay of Plenty – two Hi-Rail vehicles were involved in a collision while undertaking track work. One vehicle occupant injured, both vehicles damaged.