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… (1814–1903). First Bishop of Wellington. A new biography of Abraham, Charles John … Archdeacon of Waitemata and to the Mastership of Bishop's Auckland, or St. John's College as it was alternatively … of friends and former pupils in England for the purpose of founding and endowing a scholarship to St. John's College, …
… (1817–1912). Auckland pioneer and benefactor. A new biography of Campbell, John Logan appears in the Dictionary of New … Campbell took up residence, remaining there until after the founding of the capital. Quick to see possibilities in the …
… (1866–1945). Entrepreneur and pioneer of the motion-picture industry in New Zealand. A new … and his brother Rudall took over the Royal Albert Hall in Auckland, in 1908 founding a moving-picture dynasty which in 1910 became …
… (1873–1962). Author and librarian. A new biography of Andersen, Johannes Carl appears in the Dictionary of New … the General Assembly Library, Wellington, in 1915. Upon the founding of the Alexander Turnbull Library, he was appointed … had two sons. He died at 61 Allendale Road, Mount Albert, Auckland, on 19 June 1962. by Clyde Romer Hughes Taylor, …
… The treeless Canterbury Plains proved to be one of the most desirable places for early settlement, in spite … hence the remarkable feature that only 34 years after the founding of the colony politicians were prepared to do … the Lands Department. In 1897 restricted planting began in Auckland, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, and a Chief …
… Pre-European Population and Early Days of Settlement At the beginning of the last century New … out about 12,000 settlers between 1840 and 1850; in the founding of the settlements of Wellington, Nelson, Taranaki, … that founded Otago in 1848 and Canterbury in 1850. Auckland was made the capital of the colony in 1840. As a …
… Scotland, in 1883 by Sir William A. Smith with a company of 30 boys and three officers. It has grown into an … ranks. The first companies in New Zealand began in 1889 in Auckland and Timaru. The movement flourished elsewhere until … out of existence. The Brigade was revived in 1926 with the founding of the 1st Dunedin Company, and has grown steadily …
… (1819–98). Naturalist and draughtsman. A new biography of Buchanan, John appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand … duplicates of them in his private herbarium. With the founding of the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute he … of the country. He visited Campbell and Macquarie Islands, Auckland, Mount Egmont, Kapiti Island, and the Kaikoura …
… by the New Zealand Company. This organisation, a product of the colonising theories of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, was responsible for the founding of settlements at Wellington in 1840 and Nelson in …
… (1793?–1864). Knight errant. A new biography of Thierry, Charles Philippe Hippolyte de appears in the … cut a canal through the Isthmus of Panama, in addition to founding a colony in New Zealand. As part of this grandiose … added to his unpopularity. In 1845 he settled in Auckland, where for a time he earned a living as a music …