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The premiere of Wellington film maker Robin Greenberg's documentary Free China Junk was held at the Film Archive in association with the National Press Club. The documentary brings to light a near-forgotten episode in Pacific navigation that took place in the same era as Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki voyage and which in its own way was just as significant.
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Elliott Charng, head of the Taiwan legation to New Zealand, made careful note of his country’s role as one of the top tier holders of foreign reserves when he spoke in Wellington on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China in 1911, the first republic in Asia, and which relocated to Formosa, now Taiwan, 61 years ago. Speakers including retiring MP Keith Locke noted Taiwan’s longtime active relationship with New Zealand, and especially the nation’s rapid deployment of equipment and earthquake rescue specialists to Christchurch.
 In the photograph are Mr & Mrs Elliott Charng with guests National Press Club operations director Rex Benson and Gail Isaac.
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Career policeman turned pioneer private investigator Trevor Morley focused on the 1961 disappearance of 16-year-old Hutt Valley lass Wendy Mayes in his analysis of New Zealand cold cases. He was speaking in the wider context of overturned murder convictions from that of Arthur Allan Thomas to David Bain.
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