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Introduction
I grew up in the township of Ohingaiti and recall the elderly residents who were the link to that mysterious past we all heard about in conversations or at school. I was fortunately able, at a later time, to meet or write to many others.
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In particular I met 93 year old Mana Ross in 1961 who had worked in the district and was present in November 1893 when five members of the Quillinan families died in the Makohine land slip.
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Mana’s vivid memory of the tragic event fired a life time passion in me to record that not-so-distant past.
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I continue to connect with people to investigate through stories and reports, and create the gems of history you see here today.
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These are History's Little Mysteries.
Allen Shaw
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