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).

Why NZ's outdated regional anniversaries should be ditched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.