Roadside Stories

Havelock's science achievers


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Two of New Zealand's greatest scientists spent childhood years in Havelock and attended the same primary school, more than 30 years apart. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ernest Rutherford was the first to split the atom, and rocket scientist William Pickering oversaw many NASA missions to the moon. Archival audio sourced from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives, http://www.soundarchives.co.nz/. Sound files may not be reused without permission from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives (Reference number sa-tx-3223-pm).
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Roadside StoriesBy Manatū Taonga - Ministry for Culture and Heritage (NZ)