Posted by on 25 February 2013 | 2511 Comments
Tags:
Abel Tasman,
New Zealand,
Discovery of New Zealand,
James Cook,
For decades school textbooks stated that Captain James Cook was the first European to ‘discover’ New Zealand in 1769. Not only is this incorrect, it overshadows a key part of our history.
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Posted by Executive Director on 15 February 2013 | 1823 Comments
A change at the top of the monarchy means that the Dutch Community will be celebrating a King instead of a Queen this year. We have some information about how it will be recognised and that there is a change of date, but please let us know how and where you plan to celebrate Koningdag this year.
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Posted by Executive Director on 5 February 2013 | 10663 Comments
Tags:
De Molen,
Windmill,
Foxton Museum,
TANS,
Dutch Connection
The recent press release (copied below) by the chairmen of the respective trusts working towards establishing a museum in Foxton is heartening and reflects the spirit of cooperation envisioned by Theo Muller in his Blog, "Creating Community". He wonder what we could achieve if we were somehow to work together, share resources, share talent, think as one. A Museum is a good start, but we also need to keep contemporary links with the Netherlands to be a truly a Dutch community within the wider New Zealand community, not an historic Dutch community.
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