Monthly Archives: March 2013

Hymn to Venus, Hymn to Diana

Posted on March 25, 2013 by esotericnz

  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18880421.2.55.33&srpos=2&e=——-10–1—-2hymn+to+diana– http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18870305.2.71.3&srpos=1&e=——-10–1—-0hymn+to+venus– A character sketch of Professor O.E. Hugo noted phrenologist. With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand.

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A Taniwha Saga

Posted on March 18, 2013 by esotericnz

The Waikato Alligator Story. Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 120, 5 October 1886, Page 2 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18861005.2.18&srpos=3&e=——-10–1—-2the+waikato+alligator– THE WAIKATO ALLIGATOR AGAIN. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7206, 26 October 1886, Page 2 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TH18861026.2.31&srpos=2&e=——-10–1—-2the+waikato+alligator– THE WAIKATO ALLIGATOR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue … Continue reading →

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A New Zealand Parable

Posted on March 11, 2013 by esotericnz

AN ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT. Observer, Volume 9, Issue 533, 9 March 1889, Page 12   With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TO18890309.2.32&e=——-100–1601—-2%22hymn+to%22–

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An exploration of the Dead Tree theme in New Zealand newspapers

Posted on March 4, 2013 by esotericnz

In today’s post we will be exploring snatches of prose inspired by encounters with Burnt Trees collected from New Zealands News Papers. Influenced by the seminal Frozen Flame & Slain Tree: The Dead Tree Theme in New Zealand Art of the … Continue reading →

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