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Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.<br />
In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.<br />
Larry Wilde<br />
The country was gripped with patriotic fervour; sheep were even dyed red, white and blue.<br />
New Zealanders made sure that the Queen saw the country at its best. Screens were<br />
erected to hide unsightly buildings, and citizens were instructed when and how to plant blue<br />
lobelias, red salvias and white begonias. It was hard to spot a car that did not sport a Union<br />
Jack, or a building in the main cities that was not covered in bunting and flowers during the<br />
day or electric lights at night. This was truly a remarkable event.<br />
Sadly, the Queen’s triumphant arrival would be swiftly followed by one of New Zealand’s<br />
darkest moments, when disaster struck at Tangiwai on the following night, Christmas Eve.<br />
1964 NZ whalers harpoon their last victim<br />
More than 170 years of New Zealand whaling history came to a close when J.A. Perano<br />
and Company caught its last whale off the coast near Kaikōura.<br />
Dunedin-born Joe Perano had started whaling out of Tory Channel in the Marlborough<br />
Sounds in 1911, beginning a 53-year family business. He was credited with bringing many<br />
modern innovations to the New Zealand whaling industry: he constructed this country’s first<br />
power-driven whale chaser, was the first operator to use explosive harpoons, introduced<br />
the electric harpoon, and in 1936 equipped his whale chasers, mother ship and shore<br />
stations with radio telephones.<br />
Joe Perano died in 1951, aged 74. In 1964 the business was being run by his sons, Gilbert and Joseph. The whale<br />
they killed on 21 December was the last to be harpooned in New Zealand waters from a New Zealand-owned ship.<br />
Wellington Head, a steep headland on Arapawa Island north of Tory Channel that stands sentinel over the waters in<br />
which Joe Perano and two of his sons whaled for more than half a century, was renamed Perano Head in 1969.<br />
Read more: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline<br />
FOOD! This week it’s “Other BBQ Stuff” Suggestions<br />
MIXED GRILL<br />
Ingredients<br />
6 beef sausages, grilled for 10-15 minutes or until done<br />
6 lamb chops, grilled 5-7 minutes per side<br />
6 100g eye fillet, scotch, sirloin or rump steaks, grilled 3-4 minutes per side<br />
6 bacon rashers, grilled to crispy<br />
6 flat field mushrooms, grilled 3 minutes per side<br />
3 lamb kidneys, halved, cored and trimmed, grilled 2-3 minutes per side<br />
3 tomatoes, halved and grilled 2-3 minutes per side<br />
Salt and pepper to taste<br />
Sauce<br />
300ml cream, 2 tsp instant beef stock powder<br />
2 Tbsp wholegrain or regular prepared mustard<br />
New AsiAN RestAuRANt<br />
RestAuRANt<br />
73 Victoria Street <strong>Dargaville</strong>. Phone (09) 439 8388<br />
Dine in - Takeaways - Open 7 Days - Licenced
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