Author(s): Astral Sligo

Gift & Humour | Local Authors

Our fern might be silver but us Kiwis love to take that gold medal spot. First to give women the vote, first to climb Mount Everest, first to split the atom ... Despite our small population and our distance from the great centres of commerce and culture, Kiwis are bloody good at being first at things. This book is chock full of Kiwi firsts, for example: We were the first to elect a transgender MP; first to introduce an 8 hour work day; first to use a whistle to referee a sports match; first to take a bungy jump ... Great Kiwi Firsts combines the great, the good and the just plain crazy in a compendium of Kiwi ingenuity and inspiration with just a touch of stupidity.