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… (1897–1943). Minister of the Crown. A new biography of Paikea, Paraire Karaka … in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Paraire Karaka Paikea was born in 1897 at Otamatea, Kaipara, and was descended from Paikea te Hekeua, a …
… been snapper and tarakihi which together comprise approximately 50 per cent of the total quantity landed. The approximate percentages of the most abundant species are as follows: … on the east coast from North Cape to Napier in the water out to about 40 fathoms. Tarakihi occur principally in …
… wh, the three nasals m, n, ng, the liquid r, and the aspirate h. The combinations of 10 consonants and five vowels form … no nu nga nge ngi ngo ngu pa pe pi po pu ra re ri ro ru ta te ti to tu wa we wi wo wu wha whe whi who whu The above table contains every letter and syllable used in Maori, but those syllables in …
… National Park (43,939 acres) contains coastal and elevated bush-clad country along the shores of Tasman Bay and … by mainly beech forests. The slopes of Mount Robert have extensive snow fields. Arthur's Pass National Park (242,888 acres) is an alpine and forested region taking in part of the Southern Alps containing …
… (1871–1950). First Bishop of Aotearoa. A new biography of Bennett, Frederick Augustus … in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Bennett was born on 15 November 1871 at Ohinemutu, the … was Horatia Marian Carlisle. Young Bennett was educated at the Native School, Ohinemutu, at St. Stephen's, …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Alfred Nesbitt Brown was born at Colchester on 23 October 1803. At the age of 20, having decided to … and trained, first, in the home of the Rev. Edward Bickersteth, and then in the Church Missionary Society's newly …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Mackenzie was born in Edinburgh on 10 March 1854 and came to New Zealand in 1858 when his father, David Stewart Mackenzie, brought out his family in the Robert … in what is now St. Clair, Dunedin, and Thomas was educated at the Green Island and North-east Valley Schools and …
… As pastoralism spread in Canterbury, would-be runholders became explorers as they searched for ungranted land. Thus in 1851 M. P. Stoddart explored the upper … in this phase of exploration; in 1860 he explored the headwaters of all the great Canterbury rivers, saw the pass later …
… Ohakune is situated on undulating land immediately south-west of Mount Ruapehu. The North Island Main … cultivation. Timber is milled in the 17,000-acre Karioi State Forest (8 miles south), and native timber is milled in …
… arriving at Wellington on 24 May 1841, and was educated at St. John's College, Auckland. In the 1850s he acquired a portion of the Te Aute Block, Hawke's Bay, and was a successful sheep farmer for …