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Welcome to the NZHistory.net.nz newsletter, 14 July 2008
 
NEW TOPICS

The 1947 Greymouth beer boycott
<http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/greymouth-beer-boycott>    
The pub has long held a special place in the culture of the West Coast.
An organised move by the hotels to raise the price of beer in 1947 led
to one of the most effective consumer boycotts ever seen in New Zealand.

Baby farmers <http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/baby-farming>    
Baby farmers were paid caregivers who allegedly neglected children in
their care, concealed their deaths or deliberately murdered the infants.
The most notorious was Minnie Dean, who, in 1895, became the first (and
only) woman to be hanged for murder in New Zealand.
 
NEW FEATURES

Weekly Quiz
We've just launched a weekly quiz. Questions relate to events that
occurred during this week in history. The quiz will be updated every
Monday. See it here:
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/quiz/week-history

Kiwi of the Week.
Each week we will nominate a 'Kiwi of the Week' who be someone who is
related to the events that occurred during that week in history. This
week's Kiwi is Apirana Ngata:
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/apirana-turupa-ngata

Community contributions
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image, sound and video pages. To make a 'Community contribution' just
scroll to the bottom of one of these pages and fill out the form. Note
that these contributions are moderated so there will be a delay between
your posting a contribution and it appearing on the site. Here are some
excellent contributions we've had already:
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/duda-the-mascot-dog#comment-22
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/whangamomona-war-memorial#commen
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http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/sound/archie-barrington#comment-36
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/devils-music-timberjack#comment-
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