December 23, 2016
Remember when we made our own clothes?
REMEMBER WHEN WE MADE OUR OWN CLOTHES? This photo was taken at the 1972 Flaxbourne…
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December 23, 2016
Remember Flower Power?
REMEMBER FLOWER POWER? 2ZE announcer Relda Familton’s comment that she doubted there were any hippies…
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October 18, 2016
Remember these stickers?
REMEMBER THESE STICKERS? In 1979 the Muldoon government introduced the Carless Days scheme as a…
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October 18, 2016
Marlborough wins the Ranfurly Shield 1973
MARLBOROUGH WINS THE RANFURLY SHIELD Thousands of people tuned out to welcome back the victorious…
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October 17, 2016
Mini-Woodstock at Taylor Dam 1971
MINI-WOODSTOCK AT TAYLOR DAM Inspired by the infamous New York music festival a couple of…
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October 17, 2016
Renwick Races
RENWICK RACES People came from all over the country to see this annual street race,…
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October 17, 2016
Farmer’s fire 1973
FARMER’S FIRE It was a hot, sticky summer’s day in 1973 when the local Farmers…
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October 17, 2016
The only shop open later was the cop shop 1969
THE ONLY SHOP OPEN LATER WAS THE COP SHOP You couldn’t miss the Capri -…
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October 17, 2016
Janet Woolf’s dance band 1969
JANET WOOLF’S DANCE BAND Janet Woolf started playing at local dances in the Wairau Valley…
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