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What is really important to us?
100 days ago
by Glenn Edley
I have been thinking that no matter what we say, what is really important to Kiwi's is family, friends and good times. New Zealanders are an interesting bunch. We are seen as hard workers by some standards and yet I have a sneaky suspicion we could do so much better. I was at a meeting last week and ...
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Labourious Weekend
104 days ago
by woolstonian
Here in New Zealand, Labour Day is a public holiday held on the fourth Monday in October. We like to think we invented it, but of course, we didn’t. Labour Day or ‘Labor Day’ is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world (usually on the 1st of May) in recognition of the economic and social achi ...
Bander's Blog - woolstonian.wordpress.com
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October 28 in history
106 days ago
by homepaddock
On October 28: 1510 Francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest was born. Saint Francis Borgia. He is depicted performing an exorcism in this painting by Francisco Goya. 1538 The first university n the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino in the Dominican Republic, was established. 16 ...
Homepaddock - homepaddock.wordpress.com · Rank: 32,118 · 136 references
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