Geoffrey Cox
Geoffrey Cox in 1932, the same year he left New Zealand for Britain on a Rhodes scholarship. Cox forged a successful career as a journalist and authored several books based on his experiences in Europe during the 1930s and 40s, notably Defence of Madrid (1937). During the war he was responsible for the ill-fated paper the Crete News.
Media interviewing The Beatles, 1964
A media scrum awaited The Beatles shortly after their arrival in Wellington on 21 June 1964. The late Peter Sinclair, a well-known broadcaster who hosted live music shows on television, is standing to the right with a recorder in his hand.
Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: Dominion Post Collection, EP/1964/2083/37-F1/4-071856-F
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Panorama: Debating Chamber galleries
Panorama of the galleries of the debating chamber of the House of Representatives.
Members of the public sit here, as well as members of the press. The wooden decorations around the base of the gallery commemorate major battles in which New Zealanders fought in wartime. The green wreaths are made of bronze and were erected in 1993 to mark 100 years of women having the vote in New Zealand.
