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Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (died 2004)
Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt was a New Zealand writer and occasional playwright. He won the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award for a short story three times: in 1963, 1967 and 1995. His first collection of short stories, The New Zealanders, was published in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
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Maurice Shadbolt was born in 1932. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
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| Measure | 1932 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.18 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $5,000 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $2,600 | $67,500 |
| Movie ticket | $0.20 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 124.8M | 341 million |
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