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Patrick Marshall
Patrick Marshall

... that New Zealand geologist Patrick Marshall (pictured) was the first who used the term "andesite line"?

...that the New Zealand Railways Department dumped tank locomotives of the WB class in the Mokihinui River to protect against erosion beside the route of the Seddonville Branch line?

...that New Zealand photographer Laurence Aberhart uses an obsolete camera and photographic paper that no longer exists?