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The front page of The Gymeric Times, April 1900. It was written on board the ship Gymeric. The newspaper was contributed by Winston Mackley of Takapuna, Auckland. His father, Private James Forester Mackley, travelled on the Gymeric with No.
This striking image of a train riding high over the Makohine Viaduct on the North Island main trunk was designed by leading Railways Studio artist Stanley Davis.
Several serialised features from the New Zealand Railways Magazine were republished as booklets.
In the late 1930s New Zealand Railways strongly promoted its own services in the pages of the New Zealand Railways Magazine.
By 1935 the New Zealand Railways Magazine had grown to 64 pages, promising more ‘travel, sport, humour, thrills’ for its expanding readership.
Cover of Rugby News (UK), June 1987, featuring the Rugby World Cup 
Not long after his arrival in Crete New Zealander Geoffrey Cox, a successful journalist, was ordered to report to the commander of allied troops on the island, General Freyberg. Freyberg wanted Cox to write a paper to boost morale among the troops and gave him five days to produce it.