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… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Whetoi was born about 1775, the son of Haki, the sister of Pomare-nui, and of Te Tauroto, a Ngapuhi chief who was killed at the Waima …
… both detailed information on the history of individual sites and a summary of their significance and main features in … bulletins have been published on Samuel Butler's homestead at Mesopotamia, Te Porere, Waimate North Vicarage, and the Paremata …
… The western part (Fiordland) consists of a huge, broadly domed glaciated mountain mass of plutonic and metamorphic rocks. Between Fiordland and the Otago schists late Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks are folded into the …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Richard Taylor was born on 21 May 1805 at Cetwell, … of Richard Taylor and Catherine, née Spencer. He was educated at Dr Inchbold's school at Doncaster, but in 1818, when …
… George Hayward of West's Pictures and Hayward's Picture Enterprises. His films include My Lady of the Cave (1922), Rewi's Last Stand (silent, 1925), The Te Kooti Trail (1927), Bush Cinderella (1928), On The … played the principal part in Bush Cinderella , and Ramai Te Miha, who played the Maori heroine in the sound version …
… troops to the Tauranga district in January 1864, the Ngai-te-Rangi built a series of fortifications to withstand the expected attack. As soon as Waoku, the strongest of these, had been completed, Rawiri Tuaia sent General Cameron a letter announcing … GATE PA (PUKEHINAHINA) …
… Tokaanu hot springs, at the south end of Lake Taupo, are located on flat ground beside the Tokaanu Stream. The active area is about 20 acres in extent, and includes two geysers. There are small hot springs … is 7 sq. miles. Nearly 100 bores have been drilled and steam from these is used to generate 150 mW of electricity. …
… been left in the hands of Phillips the goldsmith who completed an order for a further five crosses in 1886, making a total of 25 struck ostensibly for awards. A few suitably engraved specimens were … they were recovered by the Agent-General in 1908. In the intervening years a number of unauthorised specimens were …
… In all, 22 white men and, it is believed, four Maoris lost their lives and … victims included Captain Arthur Wakefield Police Magistrate Thompson, and other members of a party of some 50 men who … a warrant against the formidable chiefs, Rangihaeata and Te Rauparaha, on a charge of arson, arising from their …
… born on 7 July 1834 in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and was educated at the Kilmarnock Academy and Glasgow University. He … of Otago and Southland, helping to make the Otago system of surveying, based on the practice of the survey of India, the best in New Zealand and later its model. One of McKerrow's main tasks was the …