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    Victory in Europe (VE) Day celebrations in Lower Hutt 1945

    May 9, 2020 Jeffrey

    May 8 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, where the bulk of NZ’s Forces fought and

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    Peace Celebrations: Eastbourne Peace Ball 18 July 1919

    July 22, 2019 Jeffrey

    Across New Zealand, communities celebrated Peace not only with parades and services but also sporting fixtures, dances and, as in Eastbourne’s case, gala balls. Mesdame

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    Peace Celebrations: Commemoration for servicepeople who died in WWI

    July 19, 2019 Jeffrey

    Many families produced remembrance cards to commemorate their loved ones who never returned or who died as a result of war service. One such family,

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    Peace Celebrations: WWI Peace Trees in Hutt City

    July 19, 2019 Jeffrey

    Some of the large mature trees which dot the New Zealand landscape were planted during the July 1919 Peace celebrations. Many communities chose to plant

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    Suffrage 125: Beatrice Enid Bell and Violet Caroline Bell

    September 11, 2018 Jeffrey

    Enid was born in 1888 and Violet in 1890 to distinguished parents Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, eventually to become the first New Zealand born

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    Suffrage 125: Marie Werder

    August 14, 2018 Jeffrey

    Marie’s connection with Lower Hutt is that she purchased Mrs. Hulme’s Private Hospital, a private maternity hospital in a large house at 15 Knights Road

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