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New Zealand ~ A statue to George.



 
 
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Old April 24th 09, 02:38 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
rodney
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Manaia is a rural town in South Taranaki District, New Zealand.

Manaia is named after the former Maori chief of the district, Hukunui
Manaia.

http://cjoint.com/data/eAfnYa1Lwz.htm



Two months ago George received the George Cross (equiv)

In 2007, a 14 year old Jack Russell terrier called George died protecting 5
local children from an attack by 2 pit bull terriers. He was given a
posthumous PDSA Gold Medal, the animal equivalent of the George Cross, at a
special ceremony in Manaia in February 2009. The town has also erected a
statue in his honour



How do we pronounce Manaia? (Manaya?)




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Old April 24th 09, 08:27 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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How do we pronounce Manaia? (Manaya?)

Man - aye - ah

- all run together and with no stress on any syllable

The 'modern gold dredge' on the stamp was very largely a New Zealand
development - used in alluvial deposits of rivers modern and relict.
Subsequently used in Malaya (as it was) for mining tin and in California and
Alaska.

The last NZ dredge was on the West Coast of the South Island - It stopped in
2004

http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAnd...oldMining/8/en

I don't think they have ever featured on any other NZ stamp.


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Old April 25th 09, 01:06 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Thanks Gazza,
that brings to mind, my time served in the RAN,
divers sent overboard at the wharves at Garden Island,
recovered something like 5x44 gallon drums of knives, forks and spoons
from sailors storing their cutlery in the port hole.


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How do we pronounce Manaia? (Manaya?)

Man - aye - ah

- all run together and with no stress on any syllable

The 'modern gold dredge' on the stamp was very largely a New Zealand
development - used in alluvial deposits of rivers modern and relict.
Subsequently used in Malaya (as it was) for mining tin and in California
and Alaska.

The last NZ dredge was on the West Coast of the South Island - It stopped
in 2004

http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAnd...oldMining/8/en

I don't think they have ever featured on any other NZ stamp.



 




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