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Telling dad’s war story took years

Posted in History, Life in Crete, Memories on April 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »

This Anzac Day will be especially poignant for one Mt Eden author as he releases his first book about a heroic World War Two battle. Graham Power’s book, The Battle of Pink Hill – Crete, 1941, depicts the 12-day struggle on the Mediterranean island in which more than 670 Kiwis were killed.
He interviewed his [...]

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Wild and Secret Crete

Posted in Local Culture, tagged on April 9, 2009 | 16 Comments »

Skywatch
The tourists are beginning to come now, though not as many as before. Sure there will be more problems as we have already had with the olive harvest. It was a bad year. Excellent Cretan extra virgin olive oil was priced here at Euros 1.70 per kilo, more than a litre.
But the beaches are superb [...]

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