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… active history, and mud-flow debris from Ruapehu was deposited in each of the last three Pleistocene glaciations. Immediately to the north of Ruapehu, forming part of the same … summit area of Ruapehu includes the prominent points of Paretetaitonga, 9,025 ft in the west; Te Heuheu, 9,040 ft in the …
… (1832–1920). Coloniser. A new biography of Stewart, George Vesey appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. George Vesey Stewart was born in Martray, County Tyrone, on 4 October … STEWART, George Vesey …
… There have been few major changes in the economic pattern of Canterbury over the past 50 years. Since 1911 the rural population of Canterbury as a whole has been stationary and all net growth in … The Economic Pattern …
… (1853–1926) Minister of the Crown, Acting Prime Minister of New Zealand. A new biography of Carroll, James … in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. James Carroll was born on 20 August 1853 at Wairoa, …
… Croydon silk merchant but, disliking this occupation, he determined to go to sea. He engaged secretly as cabin boy on a Tyne-bound collier, but his intention was discovered and his parents, hoping to disgust … of a seaman's life, allowed him to make one voyage. After this he joined Charles Horsfall and Co., the shipping …
… This land district separates readily into three regions of geological structure; the main forms of the eastern Wellington district are continued into Hawke's Bay. The western boundary is formed by high, rugged mountain ranges …
… (1832–1917). Superintendent of Hawke's Bay, Minister of Public Works, member of the Legislative Council. A … in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. J. D. Ormond was born in 1832 at Wallingford, Berkshire, …
… The Nelson Football Club (founded in 1868 to provide winter sport for its members) introduced rugby union to New … the members the new game, his pupils also including interested students of Nelson Boys' College. On Saturday, 14 May …
… to be found in several New Zealand Galleries and libraries. T.E. New Zealand Times and Evening Post , 28 Dec 1897 (Obit) …
… After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, British troops … 1870 and, until the middle sixties, provided the chief protection for the colonists and bore the brunt of the fighting … which arrived from Sydney in April 1840, and 30 years later the last of the Imperial troops to depart were the main …