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  1. Oct 15

    Refrigerated ships were so important to NZ's trade. Love this painting of the 1st one to leave NZ, the Dunedin

  2. Oct 15

    Have a look at our designers' elegant diagram of how mills grind grain

    3:40 PM - 15 Oct 2015 · Details
  3. Oct 15

    See for more information re Clarks Mill

  4. Oct 15

    Clarks mill at Maheno is the only surviving water-powered flour mill in NZ. Sometimes they still get it all going!

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  5. Oct 15

    Trying to transport butter before refrigeration was a messy business, as people tried to pack it into kegs or tins

  6. Oct 15

    Lighthouses = 1 of my favourite maps! RT : Unfolding the map is now open in Wellington!

    1:00 PM - 15 Oct 2015 · Details
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  7. Oct 15

    Today's featured entry, vaguely related to the 2015 theme of World Food Day, is Agricultural Processing Industries

  8. Oct 14

    Madonna wearing Karen Walker pants, 1998

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  9. Oct 14

    What can I say about this 1970s Kevin Berkahn evening dress? Just go look at the photo!

  10. Oct 14

    The infamous VIRUS sperm print dress, now a collector's item

  11. Oct 14

    A man about town in a shirt from NZ fashion label His Lordship's, 1969

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  12. Oct 14

    Great vid from the Benson & Hedges Fashion Design awards, 1989

  13. Oct 14

    More zooming fun on this Avis Higgs fabric with scary faces

  14. Oct 14

    Today we look at NZ fashion design. Zoom in on this gorgeous Ninette gown from the 1940s

  15. Oct 13

    This whakapakoko was used to warn people against trespassing on land where they might breach rāhui

  16. Oct 13

    This waka kererū was photographed at Ruatāhuna in 1899, birds came to drink water and then were snared

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  17. Oct 13

    This birder waits for a pihipihi (silvereye) to land on a pae pihipihi in 1921

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  18. Oct 13

    New on our blog, Signposts - a post about kids and books and kids' books:

  19. Oct 13

    One of my favourite images is of Kehu, a Māori guide, snaring a weka by imitating the bird's call and using a decoy

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  20. Oct 13

    Tumu , pewa and tāhei are all different types of bird snares

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