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Great Kiwi Firsts

By:Astral Sligo
Publisher:Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Print ISBN:9781877505225
eText ISBN:9781742698830
Edition:0
Format:Reflowable

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A fabulous and fascinating compendium of great New Zealand achievements

Our fern might be silver but us Kiwis love to take that gold medal spot. First to give women the vote, first to climb Mount Everest, first to split the atom .

But did you know that it was a Kiwi who was the first player to be sent off in a rugby test? Or that it was a Kiwi who was the first two-time world Scrabble champion? Or indeed that it was a Kiwi who invented the tranquiliser dart gun? Or that a Kiwi was the first person to free dive to 100 metres unassisted?

Great Kiwi Firsts combines the great, the good and the just plain crazy in a compendium of Kiwi ingenuity and inspiration with just a touch of stupidity.

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