André Brett
Dr André Brett grew up marking Wellington Anniversary Day on the Kāpiti Coast. He is currently a historian at the University of Wollongong and the author of three books, including Acknowledge No Frontier: The Creation and Demise of New Zealand’s Provinces. Otago University Press is releasing his fourth book later in 2021, Can’t Get There from Here: New Zealand’s Shrinking Passenger Rail Network (with Sam van der Weerden).
Society
Feb 1, 2021
Why NZ's outdated regional anniversaries should be ditched
Some are based on obsolete provincial borders. One celebrates an A&P show. And none of them have any meaning to the vast majority of us.
