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November 2019

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November 2019

Ross Stitt. Photo: David Bridgman
1996. That was the year we started. Facebook and Google didn’t exist. There was no Netflix, Twitter, Instagram or Uber. Sean Fitzpatrick was the captain of the All Blacks and Jim Bolger was the Prime Minister (although Winston Peters was deputy). I’d seen a video of an ‘old’ guy at work celebrating his 50th birthday […]

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