2 Jun 2014

Professor Peter Lineham on dead holidays

From King’s Birthday Monday with Anna Thomas, 8:10 am on 2 June 2014

Is Queen's Birthday a doomed holiday? If so, it wouldn't be the first time that days marking our ties to Britain have vanished from the calendar. Massey University history professor Peter Lineham explains the forgotten history of Empire Day and Dominion Day.

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