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  2. Exploding trousers - Wikipedia

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    In New Zealand in the 1930s, farmers reportedly had trouble with exploding trousers as a result of attempts to control ragwort, an agricultural weed. [1] Farmers had been spraying sodium chlorate, a government recommended weedkiller, onto the ragwort, and some of the spray had ended up on their clothes. Sodium chlorate is a strong oxidizing ...

  3. 1930 in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand's first ever Test matches, a home series of four three-day games against England.Series won 1–0 by England 10,11,13 January Lancaster Park, Christchurch.New Zealand (112 and 131) lost by eight Wickets to England (181 and 66/2).

  4. Category:1930s disasters in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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  5. File:HD Smith of New Zealand in 1931.png - Wikipedia

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    Files that have been tagged with this template may be deleted after satisfying conditions of CSD F8. Administrators: If the file has been properly moved, delete it.If not, change the {{Now Commons}} tag to: {{Incomplete move to Commons|HD Smith of New Zealand in 1931.png|reason=reason why the image could not be moved}}

  6. List of New Zealand films - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Category:1930s in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    1930s in New Zealand by city (4 C) / 1930s disestablishments in New Zealand (8 C) 1930s establishments in New Zealand (11 C, 1 P) 0–9. 1930 in New Zealand (3 C, 5 P)

  8. On the Friendly Road - Wikipedia

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    On the Friendly Road is a 1936 film from New Zealand which told a story of New Zealand in the Depression. [1] [2] It was made in and around Auckland, using local actors and locally-made cameras. [3] It is one of four films made in 1935 (with The Devil's Pit, Down on the Farm, and Hei Tiki ) which lay

  9. Category:New Zealand films by decade - Wikipedia

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    1930s New Zealand films (6 P) 1940s New Zealand films (3 P) 1950s New Zealand films (3 P) 1960s New Zealand films (5 P) 1970s New Zealand films (15 P)