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New Zealand ~ A statue to George.
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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New Zealand ~ A statue to George.
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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New Zealand ~ A statue to George.
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. "Gazza" wrote in message ... 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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